Should Assisted Dying Be Legalised? | The Neil Oliver Show

[@breaghboo-gc7ub]

Andrew Bridgen and Neil Oliver. True heroes.

[@barneymagee3285]

They pretended they wanted to protect granny……

[@deborahwills3183]

Given the political climate and living in Canada I would say wait. Now the vulnerable are seeing this as a choice to homelessness. Let that sink in.

[@hittitecharioteer]

Wisdom indeed Deborah.

[@onlinetruth9979]

Canada is not the UK

[@hittitecharioteer]

@@onlinetruth9979 State murder and expediency are the same whatever the country. Please clarify your point?

[@onlinetruth9979]

@@hittitecharioteer The Canadian government was forced to act because of the court system. This does not mean the UK will just act in their own and expand assisted dying. Even the Canadian government didn’t act on their own, they had to act by court order.

[@dovetonsturdee7033]

@@onlinetruth9979 What a totally irrelevant comment.

[@professormcclaine5738]

The 9 most terrifying word's in the English language. "I'm from the government and I'm here to help".

[@martynblackburn9632]

I'd rather government help than be thrown to wolves.

[@onlinetruth9979]

Legalizing assisted dying is the government getting less involved

[@deborahwyndham-lewis5188]

@@martynblackburn9632I’d rather the wolves than death

[@athelstan927]

But far too often, it is not always the Govt are the wolves! ​@martynblackburn9632

[@athelstan927]

​@onlinetruth9979, what?

[@raymondward-m6y]

Midazolam ended lives during covid .Those who received it had no say whether they wanted it.

[@stequality]

Exactly

[@martynblackburn9632]

That is fake news.

[@deborahwyndham-lewis5188]

That is what ended their lives not Covid, just like Remdesivir. Hospital protocol while no visitors allowed, perfect 👍

[@Julieoscar1]

I remember this came up a few years back.. my dad was very ill, he said people would be forced to sign up because they would be classed as a burden.. I saw tears in his eyes… I just said he would never be a burden and I will care for him forever and I loved him. RIP my best friend.

[@syricac43]

I would not trust this woman about anything.

[@kathleenparrish7173]

If there are safeguards why were so many elderly euthanised during COVID.

[@kitcat4512]

Guarding the safeguarders?

[@hittitecharioteer]

THAT is precisely the issue. Full marks Kathleen.

[@roddymcniven8734]

Sssshhhhh!

[@margaretyoung4679]

It was all down to the hospital coder , They decided if they should live or be murdered . Stop pussy footing around . It was Murder .

[@stoicsceptic8420]

Yes, but think of the saved pensions Kathleen.

[@alexandra25ist]

2 independent doctors...after what we have experienced during the covid bioweapon coercion...I doubt these doctors exist , in particular within the NHS

[@Bungle-UK]

Never forget how Esther stayed silent about Saville.

[@kitcat4512]

She was awarded a CBE for services to children, what does that say?

[@Bungle-UK]

@@kitcat4512 That the establishment look after their own. She had the nerve to start Childline while turning a blind eye to events at the BBC. Quite astonishing.

[@Puddlesmolly]

Oh yeah she's not a good human ....

[@didwest1249]

And got nasty bout people that wasn't jabbed

[@Street-shitter]

@@didwest1249weren’t, not wasnt🤡

[@vanessawood-hopps6298]

No! They'll come for the infirm, elderly and poor to save the NHS

[@Puddlesmolly]

If i wanted to leave this earth. I wouldn't be asking anybody's permission..

[@kitcat4512]

I would not trust Esther with anything, if she wants it, that's her affair. Don't involve us with your agenda.

[@marylynch951]

Absolutely agree 💯

[@deborahwyndham-lewis5188]

It’s so obvious what’s happened here!

[@wataboutya9310]

Life on earth goes by so fast you will be old before you know it. However, eternity is forever. Choose wisely.

[@moonlightshadow2664]

Assisted dying is already full on happening! I know this for a fact, as do many others who've witnessed this so called 'end of life care plan' being enacted upon their family member. Those of us who have, know what's really happening. Peter Tatchells friends wouldn't have lasted long in our local hospital in the particular ward that I and my family refer to as the 'euthanasia ward', except that the people being assisted to die, had zero choice in it!

[@dylendog]

Yes 100% I've seen it going on. This bill is just to get their hands on the young

[@stequality]

Not too long ago didnt they say something about 'protecting the vulnerable'

[@andrewhoughton-py1hq]

Con trick to get people to get the jab ( I didn't)

[@stequality]

@@andrewhoughton-py1hq I didn't either of course, glad to hear you didn't either

[@Barry-tl3ru]

Should have asked her if she doesn't regret exposing jimmy savile.

[@Jj-ng8hh]

Or insisting people have the state injectable....

[@williamhoube4335]

God determines who lives or dies not the NHS or Government..

[@jameswinfield7174]

Oh esther , what did you say and do , during the rollout !

[@deborahwyndham-lewis5188]

Absolutely! She made the wrong decision and tried to push it on us, now she is seeing the outcome of her decision and wants the laws changed

[@mrmensa1096]

Wasn't Rantzen, Jimmy Saville's best mate ? - wonder if she is still running Childline ?

[@DianneEnnis-cz3lo]

Just look what is happening in Canada...just horrific.

[@gaynormca8992]

Please enlighten us. What is going on in Canada that is so “horrific”?

[@minkymandy6065]

​@@gaynormca8992 if you're homeless in Canada you get offered MAID (medically assisted death). If you're diabetic the doctors must offer you MAID. If you need govt finance help, eg for a stair lift, you get offered MAID. The govt has a euthanasia TV station to promote it. If youre a depressed teenager, you get offered MAID. It's to reduce the population. Trudeau has achieved the death of many thousands in this way.

[@onlinetruth9979]

The UK is not Canada

[@rozzgrey801]

@@gaynormca8992 Canadians with their Medical Assistance In Dying have over 4 years killed off over 40,000 of its citizens. It has become the only medical procedure they can carry out with 100% efficiency.

[@michaelodowd4807]

@@gaynormca8992 one example .. lady who needed a stairlift but could not get financing thro government …it was out to her well there’s always the option to end your life by her nurse .

[@Puddlesmolly]

I remember what the hospital did. They let them elderly patients die.. my family member..... Horrific.

[@deborahwyndham-lewis5188]

They tried it on mine 😤

[@milels6917]

I have a greedy relative I know will be rubbing his hands and that is why we need safe guards

[@moiragoldsmith7052]

"84% of the Public"....Who paid for this survey? Who was asked? Which sections of society were privy to the survey?🤔

[@davidgavin7280]

It's very easy to get people to agree to something with one question and just a few questions later to agree to the completely opposite view. 'Yes Minister' did it brilliantly 40 odd years ago.

[@DarcyBrown031]

Peter Tatchell repeating his script over n over, don't trust there agenda 🙄

[@davidgavin7280]

He is a bag'O💩. If Tatchell is pro something then anyone of sense should be against it. He'll dress it up in fairy dust but sprinkling glitter on a turd just makes it a glittery turd...

[@Julieoscar1]

We have to do something, that midazolam is a horror.. my poor dad slowly suffocated to death… I was physically pulling phlegm from his mouth… I have never recovered from the absolute horror my dad went through.. I went home for a break.. as soon as a left the hospital they ran in and injected him.. I didn’t even get a chance to say goodbye… RIP dad

[@Bemusedbeyondbelief]

So when W H O decide under the new treaty that, because you once refused a jab for something totally unrelated, you are now NOT entitled to the care you require will they tell you this is the alternative? Used to support this, but no longer. If it is the case Canada’s gov wants medics ‘retrained’ because those medics have a problem with the changes that are being made to the law to extend who should qualify, then we should all be concerned. Thank you Andrew Bridgen for being the voice of sanity in an increasingly evil world.

[@cathylaver4146]

Andrew Bridgen is completely right

[@dianeedwards7387]

Is he? Maybe if you have a relative suffering every single day and classed as terminally ill with a brain tumour..my own mother, you might have a different opinion

[@martynblackburn9632]

About what?

[@Chotabear]

I've agreed with Andrew Bridgen on other matters, but on this, I differ.

[@gailcusden3607]

@dianeedwards7387 it is the bigger picture that matters more. Maybe you are an only child.. If siblings don't agree with the decision it just cause family divides. What if they make a mistake on the 6 months. You going to get drs that will be more than happy to sign it off for a price. It is a can of worms.

[@sh.4409]

I did have a relative and Andrew Bridgen is still right.

[@maureen348]

Legalised today, Compulsory tomorrow. How Hitler must be laughing.

[@professormcclaine5738]

We know where it would end. Especially when NGO's got involved in the debate.

[@gaynormca8992]

Top of my list would be first cousins who marry each other. Just saying …

[@flinchus]

So you think it is the governments right to tell a person with a terminal illness so severe that they cannot end their own suffering, they cannot decide their own fate? A person who cannot speak or swallow with a motor neuron disease cannot end their own life because you don't trust the government...who are interfering with that persons life using the threat of prosecution? Hitler made people suffer...you want terminally ill people to suffer. You are the same.

[@onlinetruth9979]

The words of a evil monster! You have no proof that will happen!

[@zoekay4334]

MY BODY - MY CHOICE !!!

[@cath3638]

I agree with Andre Bridgen...it is too open to abuse. The words 'doctors have approved the bill' do NOT inspire confidence post covid...Yes, I agree there are are some cases where the suffering begs relief- but we do have the living will which is already extant.

[@elisabethwatt7874]

Nobody wants anybody to die? Really? That’s interesting, because I could have sworn the last few years have told a different story…

[@consiousliving7027]

Well, UK did not follow its own protocol during covid period how can it be guaranteed that they will follow this bill if such crisis occurred!!! Specifically when government was cohersing people get intervention to protect granny!!

[@TheGeo190]

Every GP a Shipman.

[@Trebor3450]

Mostly women now and worse!

[@breaghboo-gc7ub]

What does Tatchell know about the rights or wrong of assisted dying? Why is he talking about this?

[@mchaplin66]

he should be in prison for rent boys

[@merlin5476]

Tatchell should NOT be given any air time WHATSOEVER.

[@gaynormca8992]

I wouldn’t even piss on him

[@cryingonion2]

he can talk about what he likes. He's a campaigner and social commenter

[@martynblackburn9632]

@@mchaplin66 In your fantasy world.

[@redacted629]

Decriminalise. Government shouldn't be making decisions on morality.

[@sandramurray5879]

I am against changing the law on assisted dying, because I fought for my grandmother and then my mother to be allowed to live. I only realise what actually goes on because of my relatives. Many elderly people don't have someone to fight for them and some Drs are only too happy to dispense with them, sadly. I can understand where Esther Rantzen is coming from, but not everyone wants to be shuffled off by the NHS.

[@martins24455]

No assisted death should not be legalised life is precious and every second should be valued and cherished

[@LindaMacdougall-t3k]

I believe assisted dying is going on anyway, despite the fact it will be denied! I feel sure my mum was helped on her way!!

[@deborahwyndham-lewis5188]

They put DNR’s on without permission too

[@LindaMacdougall-t3k]

@@deborahwyndham-lewis5188 she did agree to DNR, I feel that gave them a green light in some way. I am so upset, but more disgusted with the so called NHS, what happened to the oath, "do no harm" !!!

[@deborahwyndham-lewis5188]

@@LindaMacdougall-t3k oh that’s awful I’m sorry! They did that to my step dad and then put him on the pathway he wasn’t dying but they put him on that road and i found him desperately wanting a drink and food. The nhs is evil

[@catherineorr7914]

They certainly do and have done for over 2 decades and longer no doubt. My mother had a DNR put on her without the family's knowledge. My brother, who was visiting her in hospital was very angry at this, rightly so, and vehemently told the doctor to remove it. She had a UTI which is quite common in cancer patients and lived for at least another year.

[@deborahwyndham-lewis5188]

@@catherineorr7914 my mother had a DNR put on her when she had a stroke and they lied and said her sister agreed it! Then for my stepfather, we didn’t even know it was actually a therapist visiting him in hospital that told me and she was really cross and had it removed.

[@jeanetteschauerman908]

I am always cynical about anything that The Government might bring in.I think this is only about compassion on the surface ,but the real motive would be to save The Government money.Anyone who thinks they have the best interests of the people at heart are seriously deluded.

[@CookiethedelBobo]

NHS have been doing it for years

[@bbslj9040]

Why aren’t we calling for improved palliative care first????

[@StephenFirth-x3j]

In Canada it is called M.A.I.D, medical assistance in dying, and yes they are abusing it already, a lady asked for walking access aids into her house and she was offered maid, along with the mentally unwell being offered maid, Fidel Trudeau made all the same promises to Canadians

[@michaelayling8855]

Canadian politicians hate their people.

[@kikkan7110]

What is wrong with people? Instead of the "government" making the society livable for all of us, from from cradle to grave, we shall get a shot and be finished off? It sounds sooo responsible and goodhearted, but this is evil, without compassion for the weakest.

[@PeterSiNeh]

At the other hand, how many are making suciede because they have chronic pain and living longer is a torture.

[@clairerobsin]

...as Andrew pointed out: the more that pain relief (drugs) is required, the closer one gets to where it isn't necessary anymore because you're dead.

[@createwithbarbbl4125]

I'm not sure " First, Do no harm" is appropriate anymore. Or am I the only one whose GP advised them to Get the jab. If that wasn't harm I don't know what is. I'm in my 70's and can't predict the future but I would want more than the advice of a politician and I'm not sure who Mr Tatchell is and why I should listen to his advice. I have great respect for Mr Bridgen and his stance on Covid. Thanks Neil for the interview, It's certainly a subject that just won't go away.

[@jack_timber]

No medical professional onto discuss?

[@autumnsea7848]

Peter Tatchell is wrong.

[@iandougall7169]

Always

[@DonnaHetherington]

Theyve already got the liverpool pathway

[@mryorkshire3623]

My life belongs to me as does yours to you. If the time ever comes where I have had enough due to illness, then it is nobody else's business should I choose to end it.

[@LucyLocketful]

Sure - just make sure that you make it no one else's business and don't ask them to commit murder to please you.

[@mryorkshire3623]

@@LucyLocketful I would ''push the button'' myself. No need for anybody to commit murder.

[@LucyLocketful]

@@mryorkshire3623 Fine. In which case there's no need to legalise assisted dying.

[@gaynormca8992]

@@LucyLocketfulYes there is. You seem spitefully determined to rob the rest of us of our RIGHT to determine the means of our end.

[@LucyLocketful]

@@gaynormca8992 Not at all - read my comments to others. (And what on earth has spite got to do with it? What are you on?!)

[@craiggrocott7559]

Death is inevitable, suffering should not be.

[@CarolReilly-tw6oo]

Assisted dieing for those suffering with 6 months to live!? How long before these guidelines are moved to accommodate other people suffering mental illness! Disability!? Who are not happy with their lives!? I don't trust it! I say No! It's wrong life is a gift.

[@LindaMacdougall-t3k]

What about the poor young woman that wanted to live, wanted to go out of the country for treatment, the high court refused to let her go, she was allowed to die. Who are they to say her life wasn't worth trying to save! It was a terrible thing to be allowed to happen!

[@jeffreid7750]

After watching many family members die in pain and from dementia. I would not want to suffer that fate or put my children through it! One aunt spent ten years in care with no quality of life, even though well looked after by the staff. She would have hated to have known that her last decade of life would be in a cot! Assisted death goes against my faith, but it’s a conversation I will be having with family and priest.

[@trace567]

Currently even elderly with dementia in care homes are given cpr if no dnr order has been signed by next of kins. Its lunacy that they routinely bring back elderly people whom already have brain problemx that a lack of oxygen would simply make worse. My gran had a dnr thankfully or theyd of brought her back for more suffering.

[@hopesmith4484]

Worked well in NZ? Really?

[@rosetrehou8843]

How can a person be considered to be of "sound mind" to make a decision to end their life? At what point is the decision considered to be "legally" sound? And yes, Doctors are oathed to look after the life force of a patient/to support the last momentsof life?

[@jeffreid7750]

@@rosetrehou8843 Exactly I would not trust a doctor following Covid! But you could make the decision in a living will while you are of sound mind, in the form of a living will and back it up with our power of attorney for health. The decision could be put into the hands of loved ones. But then that creates a whole new set of issues.

[@trace567]

@@rosetrehou8843 Quite easily really. Nobody is talking of euthanising people without sound reason or consent. A reason for the request woukd have to be soild enough. As things currently stand it takes 2 medical professionals usually one when possible known to the person to place a section. A section being made on the grounds of not having a sound mind and being a risk to self, or others. So similar would work in reverse so instead of saying someone is of unsane mind because they want their life to end provided a very good medically backed reason shows the person has either no further options, or limited ones and the condition to continue would be unreasonably distressing or painful. Nobody is going to be able to walk in someone and randomly say i want my life terminated immediately.

[@evamandri]

Those who want to leave will leave no matter what the law says.

[@muhammadalieesaa3379]

If Tatchal supports this then he can start with himself first.

[@lancelickfold7993]

My wife and I lobbied for the assisted dying here in Canada. The same protocols were put forward at the beginning as are being put forward in the UK, however, the government have slowly extended who is eligible to the point we cannot recognize what we lobbied for. Governmental creep is inevitable, in both directions. It will depend who is in power.

[@johnyoung8727]

Having witnessed horrific suffering when nursing my beloved family, I was in favour of assisted dying, even with my religious beliefs. Im C of E. But think on this. When the new " religion " takes over here, which it is on track to do , can anyone imagine how assisted dying would be " policed" and by whom ? I have no doubt in saying that this would be used as a tool to eradicate " us". Look at whats happened in recent times!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dianeedwards7387]

And the Dr's dragged my poor old 93 year old Dad's death out, passed away 7th Feb this year, no way was he going to recover from a fall, pneumonia, kept on pumping him with iv antibiotics sending him for xrays, I voiced my opinions as did my poor Dad, Please let me go he kept saying...

[@Jack-fs2im]

They said only 4000 abortions ,now its 200.000 a year and against the law to protest.Be very afraid doctors are sworn to preserve life not become Shipmans.The nhs has let children die and put gagging orders on the relatives..

[@juliebrady8583]

See what's happening in Canada with MAID.

[@onlinetruth9979]

Lazy argument. Comparing apples to oranges

[@rozzgrey801]

@@onlinetruth9979 You're not very good at this stuff are you? Best leave it to the grown ups. Run along now.

[@onlinetruth9979]

@@rozzgrey801 wow talk about projection. You don’t even say why my reply isn’t effective. It’s pretty disgusting how non self aware you are. The Canadian government was forced to act through court decisions. This doesn’t mean the UK will just act on their own to expand this practice to the point it has been in Canada.

[@onlinetruth9979]

@@rozzgrey801 “Run along now.” -🤡

[@rozzgrey801]

@@onlinetruth9979 Your argument was non-existent, so disregarded. This legalised murder bill will certainly be abused for political ends and social engineering, slaughtering the poor, the difficult, the old, the depressed, the disadvantaged as well as the terminally sick, just as in Canada. I know this with total certainty, as do you.

[@Martyntd5]

Generally I am in support of it, but I used to think that there were too many safeguards for it to ever be abused ...but following the far too reckless use of midazolam and morphine for anyone with a bit of a wheeze during the 'thing', my trust in the system has evaporated. The NHS is all over the place at the moment, it's not the right time for it.

[@jeffrey19771000]

My sister in scotland was helped on her way 6 years ago, it took 24 hours, still miss her ❤

[@johncook8141]

Nooooooooo Because it will Most Definitely be Extremely Seriously ABUSED!!! And also before you know it, It will even be Expected for the Elderly, ill, Disabled, Depressed, pressurised to also think about just dissappearing from Life!!! And Many might even have ☠️🤮others make this decision for them!!!....

[@wandaleckie4029]

Andrew Bridgen is a true statesman and politician. There is no need in this day and age for people to be in pain. Science has appropriate pain relief. Thatchell is playing God. Safeguards my foot. Once you move the goalposts then anything will go.

[@rebeccadanaher1065]

My mother had MS and she had it for years, to the point of not been able to eat, stomach fed. On one bad occasion, we were asked to sign a non resuscitation. They thought she would not pull through. This world is too mixed up to let the decision up to a judge or doctor. FULL STOP.

[@jimig6442]

It's legal here in Australia, and I'm very glad that I know the option is there should I ever require it. It's a choice people should have access to.

[@paperclip612]

WRONG!

[@LillianStead]

Peter Tatchell!!! Are you kidding Neil?

[@John-u1j7r]

I know its no comparison but when your beloved pet is terminally ill what would you do for it out of love and compassion?

[@cactusjackNV]

You're right, it is no comparison. Pet's aren't human beings.

[@gailcusden3607]

Pets are not humans it not a comparison at all This has very serious implications for families, drs it is a minefield. If you only got 6 months to live they going to pump you full of morphine why bother with all this hassle. Who wants to be finding drs and judges , this will become a money making business providing the service.

[@cheryl71000]

Animals are animals we take the decision they do not understand why they are in pain. Human beings are far more intellectent and understand they can take pain relief. Perhaps if this country had better facilities for end of life care instead of sticking you in bed and leaving you to get on with it, we wouldn't be have this discussion. As no one would be dreading the pain and dehumanising that goes on in care homes and the NHS

[@Chotabear]

Well said. It's a very good comparison.

[@John-u1j7r]

@@Chotabear Thx 4 that...I can understand people being upset by that comment but I genuinely meant it from a humane point of view.

[@colinraines395]

Concentrate on the living FIRST

[@jyyyb]

Canada’s implementation shows the ultimate horror it will become

[@onlinetruth9979]

Lazy argument. Canadian government was forced to act through the court system.

[@jyyyb]

@@onlinetruth9979 ? So the courts mandated depressed 16 y olds can get government assisted death

[@joycepaton3035]

Absolutely not

[@onlinetruth9979]

Loser

[@debbie8436]

The politicians will attend this debate in there hundreds...but did not attend the debate regarding the cause of excess deaths....go figure 🤔🤔🤔

[@DonnaHetherington]

well said andrew

[@gailcusden3607]

This is a really bad idea. The MP correct dont open the door to all the trouble this can cause.

[@onlinetruth9979]

Slippery slope fallacy

[@rozzgrey801]

@@onlinetruth9979 Not at all. This is already being abused in Canada to murder difficult people. You may welcome your murderous overlords, but others don't.

[@chinupduck4849]

Leaf here. The MAiD process is not the same as we were promised on inception and it is on track to be expanded yet again to the mentally ill (including addicts). In fact, one schizophrenic fellow who was an inpatient got deleted with "hearing loss" stated to be his reason and with either a social worker or pt (cant recall) as one of his two needed signatories. Its not a slippery slope....its a giant glacial crevasse that swallows men whole.

[@BlueEyes499]

If I end up a burden on my children and have lost all dignity and quality of life I would want to end my life. People should have the right to choose, it’s their life. Currently people are having to travel to different countries to end their life long before they are predicted to die and their families may end up prosecuted. Why should people go on and on and on with a life of suffering and no quality of life.

[@freyadom8010]

Because it's mighty lucrative for the medical industrial complex.

[@lewis7773]

Can we assume that there will be a lot of turbo cancers around the corner?

[@isobellickes8543]

Helped on their way by morphine has been carried out for ever in this country.

[@bettyb.7971]

In this society very quickly everything optional evolves to mandatory. Just think about the elderly who have to be paid pensions and be a burden for a younger generation. Seeing most of the teenegers today, I'd be scared to be in their care in 20 - 30 years. Will they bother?

[@marieprice6033]

Tell the people, like my father, who died amadazolan death, against his will. I saw him die 3 days after a cancer diagnoses. In the UK assisted dieing is happening.

[@colinstewart1432]

Nurses already did this during covid. Midazolam and Morphine cocktail. Tatchells' opinion simply isn't relevant on this subject. He's now struggling to remain relevant post Cass report. Now his transhumanist crusade has been blown out of the water.

[@therichnessoflife3707]

Excuse me Peter, I have never been asked my opinion on this subject, and so I would assume that there are many others who also haven’t been asked their opinion on this sensitive subject, SO where has the 84% come from? Thank you Neil ✨🇬🇧

[@Morningstar-xz5bl]

Patient SK 19 yr old with some illness was forced not to travel for new experimental procedure in America, the NHS forced her by court order to stay in England and die because her doctors decided despite 2 psychiatrist saying she was of sound mind, the doctors said she was crazy coz she wanted t try to live. 19 yrs old, imagine what they'll do to any of us.

[@marylynch951]

Hi Neil absolutely no way

[@margaretyoung4679]

They have hospital coders , Their job is to determine if they should have DNRs put on them in some cases the family’s were not aware of this and unable to say goodby . This is truly shocking and should be investigated .

[@Puddlesmolly]

Illegal

[@paperclip612]

How can they be of 'sound' mind while suffering a terminal illness. Contradiction in terms.

[@schofield4836]

He wouldn’t say that if he’d watched his mum begging for death, and unable to lift her limbs and breathe in the last 24 hours of her life, while he held her in his arms. Many of us have had to do that.

[@mariehassall2428]

A very difficult and emotive subject. As a recently retired nurse, I wouldn't want to participate in this. However there are already systems in place where a individual can discuss there personal wishes, with a physician, and a advanced care plan highlighting the clients wishes, ie, not for resusitation, or no treatment for reversible causes. The document is not legally binding, and wishes can be changed . Palliative care is available, hospice care, and community nurses who deliver palliative care in the home. There needs to be careful input from medical , and legal consultants before moving forward, and all options considered.

[@jamesgill6213]

Whatever topic it is Tatchall always, always has a friend or two who has been ..........always

[@ScouseJack]

"Right to Die" is the thin end of the "Time to Die" wedge.

[@Richard-Cashisking]

As we never had a choice in our very existence,surely the least we can expect is that we're afforded the opportunity of how we exit.

[@LucyLocketful]

There is always the possibility of suicide if you want to exercise your "right". There's no need to ask people to commit murder because of your perceived right to die when you want.

[@Richard-Cashisking]

​@@LucyLocketfulIs it logical to prolong the agony of a terminal illness if there is a humane service available to painlessly remove that suffering?

[@trace567]

@@LucyLocketful providing a person the medicine to take by their own hand is not murder, its given someone a choice to not jump in front of a train and create a traumatic experience for the witnesses. You clearly have no idea of suicide laws in this country either. You can be sectioned for just saying you are planning to end your life.

[@kitcat4512]

Perhaps we did?

[@gaynormca8992]

@@trace567Agree. Just to add that it is not illegal to commit suicide.

[@peterfeeney721]

No! Very selfish lady who, were this not be personal, would have been dead against it. History's lessons have not changed. And the Canadian PM continues to misuse their laws! Mr Tatchall, the Germans addressed all your thoughts were quickly able to overcome the brakes. The Canadian amendments reinforces how easy it is to circumvent the checks. Not for me or my family.

[@stephenball-qo7ug]

Logans run is a fun movie.

[@earthsmoke9450]

I chuckled at that….

[@jkkjeldsen8249]

Canada and California have roughly the same population numbers. Both are run by insane men without common sense. California also has assisted dying, but they're strict about keeping it available to terminal patients with 6 months to live only, which averages to about 500 per year as opposed to Canada's over 10,000. It thankfully has not been a slippery slope here, but I understand the concern.

[@cryingonion2]

Why not get a Belgian, Swiss or Dutch doctor on the show to explain how it works fine in their countries?

[@ellybell8356]

It works also well in spain. My friend battled brain cancer 2x times. The third strike left her unable to walk, paralized at the whole right side, loss of control and bladder, needed 24/7 care. When she was unable to swallow...she decided to go. We all went to the hospital, said ours final good buys and she fell asleep, absolutely peaceful and with a smile.

[@blackheart7886]

It's suicide and murder at the same time..... which is morally vile. I empathize with those suffering and would pray for a quick release if it was me., but it's evil, and evil is wrong on so many levels.

[@onlinetruth9979]

You sound like you don’t really care about those suffering at all, you really don’t. If you did care you would use constructive arguments rather than appeals to emotion.

[@blackheart7886]

@onlinetruth9979 My argument is that it is murder and suicide. If you support this, then I bet you support the ripping apart of human beings in the womb, too.

[@Ms.Norths.Musings]

Does the UK not already facilitate human Euthanasia? Pretty sure you do. In some cases it's forced by the Court so......

[@martynblackburn9632]

They might do at the DWP.

[@kasiajagiela1655]

Difficult to think that humans want to play God. And who can be in sound mind under the influence of heavy medication?

[@clairerobsin]

Doctors should not get into this, after all their oath is to: 'Do no Harm' - therefore, an entirely new class of Professionals needs to be created to do the job.

[@iandougall7169]

Executioners?