| Topic: Holyrood rejects assisted dying |
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| 1. Author: Bletchley_Par Date: Tue 17th Mar 2026. 23:04 Scottish Parliament votes against legalising assisted dying in Scotland by 69 votes to 57. It`s very rarely that the on goings in Holyrood interest me, or suprise me. This one is an exception. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scotland/scotland_politics Reply |
| 2. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Wed 18th Mar 2026. 06:40 As many say this probably should have gone to the public to vote on, rather than a handful of people in parliament, whose constituents will all have varying feelings over the decision. Reply |
| 3. Author: hurricane_jimmy Date: Wed 18th Mar 2026. 12:09 If you look through the list at who voted against, a large number of them are religious including prominent figures such as Kate Forbes, John Swinney, Humza Yousuf and Anas Sarwar. While they`ll claim otherwise, their vote will be heavily influenced by these nonsense beliefs that are not in-keeping with the majority of Scots that identify as non-religious. When the patient was required to meet very specific criteria, undergo the numerous checks and administer the lethal drug dose themselves (rather than burdening medical staff or families) then there really is no excuse to vote against the bill. As others have said, this should be put to a public vote - potentially at the May election - and I`m sure a vastly different conclusion would have been reached. Reply |
| 4. Author: jake89 Date: Wed 18th Mar 2026. 17:07 I`m sure there are valid reasons to reject (it`s not as black and white as it seems), as someone who watched someone suffer through their final days, this is really disappointing. While the option to let someone go would be hard, it would offer far more dignity and peace than watching them fade away in pain. Reply |
| 5. Author: Dandy Warhol Date: Wed 18th Mar 2026. 17:15 jake89, Wed 18 Mar 17:07 This. I don`t wanna go down like disco. Reply |
| 6. Author: Hoolie Date: Tue 24th Mar 2026. 09:27 I agree with Jake on this. I have personally been with 2 people watching them suffer in extreme pain till they passed and you would`nt treat an animal like that tbh. I suppose you die on the overdose of morphine that is trying to take the pain away but it is not nice to watch. Reply |
| 7. Author: veteraneastender Date: Fri 27th Mar 2026. 14:26 I may have misunderstood his comments. However, listening to Colin Mackay`s report on STV I got the impression a number of MSPs were concerned about the legal position of medical staff who would be expected to support in assisted dying. Apparently it is a reserved power for the UK government to enable professional training to safeguard such personnel from possible malpractice etc. - Holyrood does not have this authority. A few years ago a couple of Catholic nurses refused to work in abortion cases due to personal religious convictions which brought such scenarios into focus. Reply |