Have your say! Should assisted dying be legalised in the UK?

A music teacher who has played a pivotal role in Labour's election campaign and is facing terminal cancer has spoken out in favour of legalising assisted dying. Nathaniel Dye, 38, who courageously opened up about his cancer fight during the Labour manifesto launch, is calling on MPs to recognise the "profound difference" they could make by enabling individuals to have autonomy over their own death.

Have your say! Should assisted dying be legalised in the UK? Comment below and join in on the conversation.

Nathaniel, who is battling stage 4 incurable bowel cancer that has spread to his liver, lungs, and brain, argues that giving terminally ill patients the option of assisted dying represents a "kind" and "compassionate" choice. His plea coincides with the impending full publication of a Bill to legalise assisted dying on Tuesday, with the initial vote set for November 29.

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He questions, "If there's a way to avoid a horrible death, when someone is just dying anyway and really much might as well be dead and everyone agrees, can we look at that? ", as reported by the Mirror.

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater's proposed assisted dying bill is poised to allow terminally ill adults with less than six months to live the option to expedite their death if they wish. The bill is expected to include rigorous safeguards, necessitating mental capacity to make the decision, as well as consent from two doctors and a judge for each case.

A collective of seven nurses, both current and former, have written and dispatched a letter via Dignity in Dying, urging MPs to support the legislation. This group, which includes two palliative care specialists, a general nurse, and a senior nursing assistant, expressed a unified desire: "We are joined by a single wish - all of us want choice."

Conversely, Dr Gordon Macdonald, chief executive of Care Not Killing, has appealed to MPs to oppose the Bill, citing: "the safest law is the one we currently have". He raised concerns about the speed of the proposed legal changes, existing problems within palliative and social care, and international evidence that suggests such laws might coerce vulnerable people, adding: "This Bill is being rushed with indecent haste and ignores the deep-seated problems in the UK's broken and patchy palliative care system, the crisis in social care and data from around the world that shows changing the law would put pressure on vulnerable people to end their lives."

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