Opponents of the Assisted Suicide Bill say that elderly people will be coerced into assisted suicide. I looked after my mum in a care home for three years. I witnessed many deaths, but I never saw a family that wanted their loved on to die, on the contrary, they did all they could to keep them alive.
The safeguards in the bill will mean that only those people who really want as assisted suicide will qualify. The person has to make two written applications and take the medicine themselves. When you consider that the person will be very ill and probably in a lot of pain, that will be a considerable task.
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