Perthshire MSPs Split over Holyrood Assisted Dying Bill

Several associations that help people with disabilities and their loved ones are outraged by Luc Ferrandez's talk on the 98.5 FM. During the program he co-hosted with Nathalie Normandeau, he once again said he was in favour of the idea of extending the right to medical assistance in dying to people with severe disabilities. Some organizations go so far as to ask for the suspension of the station's two poster heads.

Perthshire MSPs split over Holyrood Assisted Dying Bill

County constituency MSPs John Swinney and Jim Fairlie take opposing stance in Stage One vote.

DECRYPTAGE - A government amendment to try to restrict the scope of the text has been adopted. Opponents of assisted suicide remain concerned about a right that could affect patients with several years to live.

Royal College of Physicians warn of “deficiencies” in assisted suicide Bill

Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill has been hit by a further blow after the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) warned the Bill contains deficiencies that make it unsafe for both patients and doctors. In a position statement released just days ahead of the debate at Report Stage last week, the RCP said that, after the completion of the Bill’s Committee Stage, “there currently remain deficiencies that would need addressing to achieve adequate p…