As bill which would allow terminally ill people to end their own lives enters parliament, those in support of the law change speak out
wo months after Beverly Sand was told that her oesophageal cancer was terminal, she took her life, alone when her husband was away for a couple of days. In a note she left him, she asked for forgiveness and told him: “You are the love of my life.”
Wilson was not surprised that his wife had taken her own life, but he was in “complete and utter shock and distress” at the timing and manner of her death. A 2022 study by the Office for National Statistics found elevated rates of suicide in patients with severe health conditions one year after diagnosis.
“Researching the most effective ways to die, arranging access to methods or sourcing equipment, trying to protect family members from being implicated in a crime, all while experiencing the limitations of a medical profession which has its hands tied by the current law, creates intense anxiety and dramatically reduces dying people’s quality of life.”
“He was a very active person. He didn’t sit around after retirement – he took up flying, volunteered with Amnesty and travelled the world,” said his daughter Liz Poole.Our morning email breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what’s happening and why it matters“A couple of years after his diagnosis, he suddenly got much worse. His energy levels dropped and he became quite depressed. By the beginning of 2022, he couldn’t take it any more.
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