It's for terminal illnesses only. Not disabilities. It would be ILLEGAL under the current proposed bill to give assisted dying to a disabled person with no terminal illness/ less than 6 months to live, so it could not be sanctioned by a judge and the 2 doctors.
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This cannot be about 'quality of life' (let alone making a hideous assumption that a disability is a lesser quality of life - for someone newly facing a need to use a chair, this is hardly encouraging)
No slippery slopes is the assurance. This may or may not be so, but look at the supporters. 5/13
No slippery slopes is the assurance. This may or may not be so, but look at the supporters. 5/13
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