Man who almost killed himself after misdiagnosis warns of 'flaw' in assisted suicide bill

Thanks for posting this Michie. I'm in the UK. It's an extremely worrying Bill as the article you posted shows. My MP voted for it, but he said that he is open to hearing our views as the Bill progresses, so I plan to write to him again when it approaches the second vote. In the meantime I hope and pray that people from disability charities, medical experts etc. will provide sufficient evidence, during the committee stage, for many of the MPs who voted for it to change their minds. Liz Carr, mentioned in the article, has been a fantastic campaigner against it. Also I'm pleased that the article was in a national secular publication. I think most Christians are against the Bill, but this will reach others too and maybe cause them to lobby their MPs to vote against it.

Btw I saw your post on the OBOB forum about the Dutch considering Assisted Dying for the over 75s even if healthy! I couldn't post there as I'm not a Roman Catholic, but that is terrible. I'm 75 this year and the thought of it being legal to end my life is worrying. Back in my fifties I did want it to end, due to various circumstances, and I prayed that the Lord would take me. He didn't, however, but he brought me through the bad times to a much better situation. Psychiatrists say the when people are suffering mentally (and maybe physically) they think that it will always be like this. Usually it isn't. My life got better; so can others. So if anyone is reading this and does not want to go on living please seek help: from your doctor, from the Samaritans or other mental health charities and, most of all, from God. Things will get better.