10% of medical processes are errors
Error rate even higher for decision-making in vulnerable people.
Jersey, Scotland & IoM want assisted dying to be embedded in medicine.
How many wrong assisted deaths are acceptable?

Yes if this case hadn’t hit world news headlines would any “ investigation” have transpired “ or is basic medical & nursing care too hard to organise in Quebec as its MAID death rate hits 7.3 pc of all deaths ?

'I don't want to be a burden. At any rate, the medical opinions say I won't be a burden for long.' The inhumanity of Canada's euthanasia programme. Do we really want this for the UK, Jersey and Isle of Man? #euthanasia #assistedsuicide cbc.ca/news/canada/mo…

Today in the Freethinker, Kevin Yuill (Kevin Yuill) argues the liberal humanist case against assisted dying.

National Secular Society Humanists UK Dignity in Dying Not Dead Yet UK

freethinker.co.uk/2024/04/think-…

“Death is now ‘therapy’ in Canada… MAID is the most efficient part of the Canadian healthcare system,… Far from celebrating this, we should revisit how we got things so terribly wrong” Daryl Pullman w my 5 cents Sharon Kirkey reports nationalpost.com/news/canada/wh… v National Post

If someone wants to check whether #euthanasia laws are a #slippery slope, Belgium offers a perfect case study. Head of ‘Christian’ Health Insurance, Mr Van Gorp Luc Van Gorp suggests euthanasia for elderly as a way of cutting costs. Comparing them to ‘meat that starts to smell’.

Wow. The mask of #euthanasia and #assistedsuicide enthusiasts is off. This is not about 'compassion' and 'choices' - it is a stark qestion of resources. Now a Belgian insurance chief admits the real agenda. #thinkagain thetimes.co.uk/article/expand…

Dear BBC News (UK). This article is inaccurate and misleading. I have listed below some factual errors and errors of omission. Please correct them. 1/Not Dead Yet UK
Danny Kruger Tanni Grey-Thompson Ilora Finlay Ashley Frawley Claire Fox Allison Pearson bbc.com/news/uk-471582… 1/

'Proponents argue adequate safeguards are possible... But this dissolves on scrutiny.' Many good points in this article. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

You are right to say this is 'a law masquerading as a kindness' It is one that sets out to mislead the public and sadly fellow politicians by the use of dodgy data, false assurances of safeguards and the use of euphemisms Scottish Parliament
thecourier.co.uk/fp/opinion/com…

Then.... he needs to think about the potential negative effect on retention and recruiitment of health care professionals in Scotland

Scottish health professionals and their professional bodies 'would be wise to insist on immediate clarification regarding the status of section 18, and ask when professionals will have a definitive answer about whether that provision will be effective.' scottishlegal.com/articles/mary-…

#RightToRehab - Rehabilitation strategy and lead in every hospital and health board in UK - Sign the Petition! chng.it/ww4yxtrm via Change.org UK

Nicola Sturgeon Makes Strong Case Against Assisted Suicide

Former SNP leader’s contribution shows there is “nothing progressive” about killing off the elderly, says Care Not Killing's Dr Macdonald.
The European Conservative
europeanconservative.com/articles/news/…

On my reservations on assisted dying, including fact women most at risk of wrongful death, & why politicians must acknowledge the moral complexities

When the right to die becomes the duty to die, who will step in to save those most at risk? | Sonia Sodha theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Clinical Outcomes of Operating an Acute Palliative Care Unit at a Comprehensive Cancer Center. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36007209/

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An analysis of 25 years of assisted dying in Oregon.
'The number and characteristics
of people accessing assisted deaths, and the process, have changed since data collection started in 1998.'
spcare.bmj.com/cgi/rapidpdf/s…