Professional judgment has consistently failed her and I don’t trust the system to protect and respect lives like hers.
Despite this very real example of how prolonged and painful the end can be, I cannot support the assisted dying bill being championed in Parliament by MP Kim Leadbeater.
How much more constructive it would be to invest in palliative care and respite, significantly improve social care, and support disabled people into work.
My mum is dying a slow, horrible, painful death but I STILL can’t support right-to-die bill – here’s why I AM watching my mum die.
I don’t believe they will spot coercion or be nuanced enough to see why the elderly or people reliant on carers might feel obliged to choose assisted dying because they feel a burden.
