Assisted dying law

[Joysmum]

You know an assisted dying law is long overdue when you have lost yet another person having seen them suffer their final weeks in pain and with a loss of their dignity.

She supported dignity in dying and the right to make that choice for herself. That choice is denied by those who continue to impose their views on others. She paid the price, not them.

Right now I'm so angry when I ought to be anything else but.

It's disgusting. I'm in absolute support of assisted dying, and I'd like to say to all those preventing the law being passed: THIS IS NOT YOUR BODY, THIS IS NOT YOUR LIFE, THIS IS NOT YOUR DEATH. This is not YOUR choice.

Everyone has the basic right to live how they choose, within reason. Why are they not allowed the basic right to die how they choose?

We are currently watching MIL struggle with no end in sight. She is very elderly, bedbound, incontinent, deaf and blind and now her mind is starting to go. She has wanted to die for a long time (when she was still fully aware of what was happening) but, instead of having a dignified end, she has to exist like this. There's nothing wrong with her so she could go on for a long while like this.

I'm not for one minute saying she should be able to make the decision now but, up until she broke her hip earlier this year, she knew exactly what was happening, could potter around in her room and make her own decisions.

to anyone who has either watched or is watching a loved one suffer

It's so sad. I wouldn't want to impose my will on anyone else, so why should the beliefs of others be imposed on me.

It's awful watching someone you love struggle in pain.