11 April 2024, The Tablet

Assisted dying and why legalisation is wrong


 
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Comment by: Francis
Posted: 11/04/2024 21:29:20
We have to call this just what it is - Physician Assisted Suicide. "assisted dying is just a euphemism for PAS It is used to make it more politically acceptable and to mislead the public. The change in the law would be asking a doctor to prescribe a cocktail of lethal medication, a pharmacist to dispense it and a nurse to deliver it and watch somebody take it. This will have a lasting effect on them, which is little understood and not spoken about in this debate. Assisted dying is understood my the public as palliative care.