Assisted Suicide Bill

Assisted Suicide Bill

Margo MacDonald's Assisted suicide bill is going through the Scottish Parliament. This bill will allow people suffering terminal illness to die with dignity. I strongly believe this right should be given to people who are suffering chronic pain. If your life has become intolerable you should have the right to end it. Treatment for chronic pain in this country is almost non-existent. There is one little pain clinic hidden away at Stobhill hospital with one consultant and waiting lists of almost a year. Doctors have almost no understanding and little interest in chronic pain. Sufferers are treated like third class citizens.
 Opponents of the bill believe life is sacred and we have no right to decide ourselves. If you have watched loved ones die you will know that it can be a terrible thing to suffer so much. Painkillers have very unpleasant side effects, and in many cases they have almost no effect. Religious groups are lobbying MSPs against the bill, they believe life is not ours but belongs to some god. They think that suffering is some essential part of life. When you look at the world, religion has caused untold suffering.Many wars have been fought in the name of god.