“I don’t know and will never know if my mum actually died a peaceful death or if she was suffering”
@aliciaduncan_xo lost her mum in October 2021 through the “Medical Assitance in Dying” MAiD legislation in Canada.
Her testimony and warnings about #AssistedDyingBill
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@aliciaduncan_xo lost her mum in October 2021 through the “Medical Assitance in Dying” MAiD legislation in Canada.
Her testimony and warnings about #AssistedDyingBill
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“People can slip through the cracks…My mum was not terminal but was approved because she was frail and because she was starving herself…My mum needed help to live but was helped to die instead”
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“My concern here in the UK 🇬🇧 is that people are being told the same things that we’ve been told”
“& there’s chasms for people to fall through and vulnerable people will die”
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“& there’s chasms for people to fall through and vulnerable people will die”
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“What has happened in Canada should be a warning sign to the UK”
Within 5 years the law in Canada was expanded and people with Type 2 Diabetes, Bipolar, & Depression have been approved for euthanasia.
“The top two reasons people are citing are feeling lonely or feeling like a burden”
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Within 5 years the law in Canada was expanded and people with Type 2 Diabetes, Bipolar, & Depression have been approved for euthanasia.
“The top two reasons people are citing are feeling lonely or feeling like a burden”
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“I know of a lot of elderly people that are now afraid to go into hospital because they are afraid that they're going to be pushed MAiD”
“my concern is that people don't trust their drs anymore to provide them care, because they're worried that the Dr might actually provide death instead.”
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“my concern is that people don't trust their drs anymore to provide them care, because they're worried that the Dr might actually provide death instead.”
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“What I want to say to people in the UK is that this is an issue that cannot be rushed.”
#AssistedDyingBill
#WarningsFromCanada
Full interview can be seen here
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#AssistedDyingBill
#WarningsFromCanada
Full interview can be seen here
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