'Assisted dying bill raises major concerns'

'Assisted dying bill raises major concerns'

I am writing about Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill due to reach its final stages in early May.

Canadian man denied surgery offered ’assisted dying’

A man from Canada who struggled to access surgery for an injury sustained at work was offered assisted dying, raising concerns that similar situations could arise in England and Wales if Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill becomes law. According to reports, the Canadian man was “injured in a workplace accident, was denied the surgery he needs and instead he was offered assisted dying (MAiD) by a healthcare practitioner and the system”. The ma…