Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has expressed concerns about the move to legalise assisted dying, stating that it could lead to a shift in focus from palliative and end-of-life care.
Sturgeon said she had expected to find herself supporting the move to legalise assisted dying , but instead was “veering away from a vote in favour”.leader said her concerns about the bill – which will be the third time since devolution that attempts to pass similar legislation have been made – centred on it becoming the “thin end of the wedge”.
Sturgeon wrote: “If we normalise assisted dying – if we come to associate dignity at the end of life with choosing to die, rather than being supported to live in as much peace and comfort as possible – then we will, as a society, lose focus on the palliative and end-of-life care and support that is necessary to help people, even in the worst of circumstances, to live with dignity. “And I worry that, over time, this shift in collective mindset will see the tightly drawn provisions of this bill extended much furthe
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