Assisted Dying: Caroline responds to the vote

Caroline voted in favour of the Assisted Dying Bill in Parliament today. After voting on the Bill - which was rejected by Parliament as a whole - she said:

“The huge amounts of emails and letters I have received on this Bill shows just how important this issue is for people in my constituency.

 

“I voted to support the Bill – hoping to strengthen the safeguards within in it as it passed through Parliament. For me it’s crucial that, alongside working to give people dignity in death, we do all we can to ensure that people can live dignified lives. That means investing in round the clock palliative care and giving full support to people with disabilities.

 

“This Bill would have given some of those suffering extreme pain the freedom to decide when and where they can die. It allowed them to say goodbye to loved ones properly, and exercise some control over how they die and when.

 

“Ultimately, I would want that freedom to decide how and when to die myself- how can I deny that to others?”

 

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