Instances of prolonged and distressing deaths are frequent, with a high incidence of vomiting, re-awakening from coma and prolongation of the dying process – some people take up to seven days to die.
This is not hyperbole.
A study performed in the Netherlands showed that in 21 of 114 cases, the patient did not die as soon as expected or woke up, and the doctor had to “kill” them for a second time.
Doctor-assisted suicide, also known as physician-assisted dying (PAD), medical aid in dying (“MAiD”) or voluntary assisted dying (“VAD”), is legal in several countries, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, the United States and Uruguay.
In addition, several countries have constitutional court rulings that have effectively legalised assisted dying, though legislative implementation is pending or incomplete, including Italy and Estonia.
In the UK, legislation to legalise doctors murdering their patients is currently in the House of Lords, having been passed by the House of Commons. Titled ‘Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill’, it is a private members’ bill introduced into parliament by Kim Leadbeater, Labour MP for Spen Valley, and is currently at the Committee Stage before it has its third reading in the House of Lords, a date for which has not yet been set.
