Only 12% of Scots in the poll cited opposition to the assisted dying bill that’s heading to the country’s parliament.
Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur has also spoken in favor of legalizing assisted dying in Scotland.
McArthur stated compassionate end-of-life care will spare the terminally ill from forcibly dying in distressing manners. Though he also clearly stressed the importance of safeguards for helping the terminally ill in this manner.
Scottish Parliament members across all national parties, interestingly enough, also favor legalizing assisted dying.
Pushback from Scotland’s religious and disabilities rights organizations
While much of the Scottish parliament and the nation’s residents believe in end-of-life care, religious groups and organizations centered around disabilities rights maintain very different outlooks.
These folks contend that legalized assisted dying could lead to terminally ill persons being pressured to accept help with death.
The aforementioned organizations also made the case that the bill set to go before Scottish parliament is wrong and poses a slippery slope. Here, they believe poor or otherwise vulnerable individuals may feel compelled to prematurely end their lives.
