Who’s Leading the Charge Down the Slippery Slope of the Assisted Dying Bill? – UK Column News
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– Dignity in Dying: Let Us Choose—legalise assisted dying
– Charlotte Gill (on X): Those Assisted Dying adverts at Westminster tube (Video)
– BBC: Assisted dying: Tube adverts are compliant, says TfL
– Daily Mail: Assisted dying adverts on the Tube are covered with Samaritans suicide prevention posters after they sparked huge row
– Compassion In Dying: Living will (advance decision)
“Unless they have made a living will (advance decision) or lasting power of attorney (LPA) for health and welfare, decision making power and responsibility falls to professionals. Not to family members.”
– GOV.UK: The Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA) service (PDF)
I find this very hard to understand and if the government (any government) is in charge of it, I would vote against.
What is wrong with having a private company such as Exit, who are experts in assisted dying, be the arbiters? I know of two people who have left with Exit and they explained how they each had a counsellor from the start, whom they could always call on for advice.
When you sign up, you pay a trifling amount a year and when you want to activate it, then the counsellor comes into action. I know of two other people who are signed up and will activate it when they need it.
The UK always has to be things in a complicated way which leads to rows and half-baked solutions that please nobody.