A vote is to be held this week which will begin the process of allowing doctors to help someone to die
The doctor behind a bill which could see the first place in the British Isles come a step closer to legalising assisted dying said he is “cautiously optimistic” a vote this week will go through. Dr Alex Allinson acknowledged that while it is a sensitive issue, he believes there is a “far larger” number of people interested in helping those facing difficult deaths to take control than those opposed to a change in the law.
In an interview with the PA news agency, Dr Allinson said there would be “extensive parliamentary discussion” if the bill progresses, and that he is hopeful it could receive royal assent next year, followed by a period to consider how the legislation would be implemented. Asked how significant the progress of his bill is, he told PA: “If it is passed, this is just for Isle of Man residents, so it doesn’t satisfy the needs of people in other neighbouring jurisdictions. But I think what it does show is that appetite amongst our public, and their elected representatives, to bring forward progressive legislation that will provide for assisted dying.”
Campaigners from Care Not Killing said changing the law would perpetuate a message “that those with a terminal or chronic condition will die in terrible pain, that current palliative care cannot help them, and they should instead opt to have doctors administer death row drugs to end their lives”. The Health and Social Care Committee, which heard from peers, experts and Swiss organisations including Dignitas during its sessions, is expected to publish a report later this year. Assisted suicide is currently banned in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with a maximum prison sentence of 14 years.
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