{"id":85156,"date":"2024-11-29T16:02:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T16:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=85156"},"modified":"2024-12-02T00:28:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T00:28:09","slug":"should-assisted-dying-be-legalised-in-england-and-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/should-assisted-dying-be-legalised-in-england-and-wales","title":{"rendered":"Should assisted dying be legalised in England and Wales?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This week, MPs will vote whether to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. But, what do people in Cardiff think?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/ASSISTED-DYING-PIC-DESKTOP.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-85157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/ASSISTED-DYING-PIC-DESKTOP.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/ASSISTED-DYING-PIC-DESKTOP-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/ASSISTED-DYING-PIC-DESKTOP-770x434.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/ASSISTED-DYING-PIC-DESKTOP-293x165.jpeg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/ASSISTED-DYING-PIC-DESKTOP.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-85157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/ASSISTED-DYING-PIC-DESKTOP.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/ASSISTED-DYING-PIC-DESKTOP-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/ASSISTED-DYING-PIC-DESKTOP-770x434.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/ASSISTED-DYING-PIC-DESKTOP-293x165.jpeg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2015, MPs representing England and Wales voted against legalising assisted dying. Earlier this year, Welsh MPs voted again, rejecting a Senedd motion towards legalisation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The topic was decisively crushed in 2015. However, many believe public opinion and medical options for assisted death have improved in the nine years since 2015. Furthermore, several major developed nations have already passed assisted dying bills, including Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, setting a precedent for England and Wales to follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, nine years on, parliament will vote again, deciding on a major bill (Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill), proposed by Labour\u2019s new government, led by MP Kim Leadbeater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Details published last week have outlined the legislation, including confirmation that the medicine supplied to end a patients life will need to be administered by the patient themselves, and that a patient must be terminally ill (due to pass within six months) in order to qualify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One major spokesperson is Wales\u2019 former First Minister Mark Drakeford. Speaking at Cardiff\u2019s Humanists UK convention, Drakeford outlined his support for UK wide legislation on assisted dying, saying \u201cI believe it is one of the things I would see as a right. I believe you have a right to take control of the way in which you leave this world.\u201d The current government\u2019s Welsh secretary (and MP for Cardiff East), Jo Stevens, also posited her support. Stevens voted for assisted dying in 2015, and will do so again this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Others are less in favour, amongst them, major religious figures. Faith leaders across Wales have issued a joint statement against legalising assisted dying, stating: \u201cAs People of Faith, we share a common heritage of caring for the vulnerable, the sick and dying. &nbsp;This is why we feel we must speak together against the proposed legislation. &nbsp;Compassion is at the heart of all the Great World Religions\u2026 life is sacred.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We spoke to ordinary people in Wales\u2019 capitol, to ask them their views on assisted dying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Martin Jones, 78, Retiree<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_142709152_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_142709152_iOS.jpg 1000w, 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https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_142709152_iOS-770x434.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_142709152_iOS-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think it should be decriminalised\u2026 so there\u2019s no legal framework surrounding it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Star Hudson, 27, Unemployed<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_142955279_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_142955279_iOS.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_142955279_iOS-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_142955279_iOS-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_142955279_iOS-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_142955279_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_142955279_iOS.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_142955279_iOS-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_142955279_iOS-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_142955279_iOS-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019ll stop so many people going to jail for killing their partners, plus if someone can\u2019t eat by themselves, they should have the legal right (to an assisted death).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alarik Wilson, 58, Alchemist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143014215_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143014215_iOS.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143014215_iOS-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143014215_iOS-770x434.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143014215_iOS-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143014215_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143014215_iOS.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143014215_iOS-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143014215_iOS-770x434.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143014215_iOS-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I become useless, I don\u2019t want to be a burden to anyone, and I think I should have the choice to be put to sleep at my choosing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Christopher Parry, 24, Homeless<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143051883_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143051883_iOS.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143051883_iOS-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143051883_iOS-770x434.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143051883_iOS-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143051883_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143051883_iOS.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143051883_iOS-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143051883_iOS-770x434.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143051883_iOS-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo be honest no, cause that\u2019s technically murder\u2026 they could get better. Even if they\u2019re dying, they could get better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brynach Battin, 33, Musician<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143037297_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143037297_iOS.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143037297_iOS-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143037297_iOS-770x434.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143037297_iOS-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143037297_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143037297_iOS.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143037297_iOS-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143037297_iOS-770x434.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/20241108_143037297_iOS-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re in pain or in certain situations, it should be allowed. We think it\u2019s humane to euthanise pets, so it should be humane to euthanise humans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, MPs will vote whether to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. 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