Thanks for this very helpful letter. I have followed this debate here in Scotland since 2015, when Holyrood said they needed to improve palliative care provision here in Scotland. That has not happen and we are still waiting. Here in Orkney a safe home death is not an option. Both the bill being purposed are unsafe and lack detail, which was clear from the debate yesterday at Westminster. Assisted dying is what I call palliative care. What is being purposed is in fact Physician Assisted Suicide. That is a Dr will provide medication that I can take to end my life. Call it what it is - it is not assisted dying. This is a euphemism used by DiD to confuse the public. Our politicians and the public need to be very clear about the unintended consequences about the purposed bills. This letter goes someway in helping that conversation. Thank you
I am concerned to see St Molouags Coracle taking such as one-side approach on assisted dying and just assuming that Christians want to oppose the legislation at Holyrood and Westminster. There are many committed Christians who feel a legal framework for assisted dying (with appropriate safeguards) is a compassionate way forward. How can Christians justify forcing people in great pain and distress who genuinely want to die to go on living in terrible suffering? There are many cases where palliative care, no matter how does, does not relieve the suffering.
There are Christians - including Catholics - on both sides of this very sensitive issue. Readers may wish to refer to the Scottish Christian Forum on Assisted Dying www.scfad.org.uk for more on the reasons why many Christians feel the legislation is needed.
Thanks for this very helpful letter. I have followed this debate here in Scotland since 2015, when Holyrood said they needed to improve palliative care provision here in Scotland. That has not happen and we are still waiting. Here in Orkney a safe home death is not an option. Both the bill being purposed are unsafe and lack detail, which was clear from the debate yesterday at Westminster. Assisted dying is what I call palliative care. What is being purposed is in fact Physician Assisted Suicide. That is a Dr will provide medication that I can take to end my life. Call it what it is - it is not assisted dying. This is a euphemism used by DiD to confuse the public. Our politicians and the public need to be very clear about the unintended consequences about the purposed bills. This letter goes someway in helping that conversation. Thank you
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I am concerned to see St Molouags Coracle taking such as one-side approach on assisted dying and just assuming that Christians want to oppose the legislation at Holyrood and Westminster. There are many committed Christians who feel a legal framework for assisted dying (with appropriate safeguards) is a compassionate way forward. How can Christians justify forcing people in great pain and distress who genuinely want to die to go on living in terrible suffering? There are many cases where palliative care, no matter how does, does not relieve the suffering.
There are Christians - including Catholics - on both sides of this very sensitive issue. Readers may wish to refer to the Scottish Christian Forum on Assisted Dying www.scfad.org.uk for more on the reasons why many Christians feel the legislation is needed.