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| Baroness Ilora Finlay: Assisted dying bill 'too dangerous' | Baroness Ilora Finlay: Assisted dying bill 'too dangerous' |
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| Plans for a new law on assisted dying lack proper safeguards, says one of the country's most eminent end-of-life doctors. | Plans for a new law on assisted dying lack proper safeguards, says one of the country's most eminent end-of-life doctors. |
| The bill before the House of Lords would allow doctors to prescribe a lethal dose to terminally ill patients with less than six months to live. | The bill before the House of Lords would allow doctors to prescribe a lethal dose to terminally ill patients with less than six months to live. |
| Supporters say it would give people control over when they die. | Supporters say it would give people control over when they die. |
| But Baroness Ilora Finlay, an adviser to the Welsh government on palliative care, said it would be "too dangerous". | But Baroness Ilora Finlay, an adviser to the Welsh government on palliative care, said it would be "too dangerous". |
| "This isn't about a right to die, we're all going to die," she told BBC Wales News. | "This isn't about a right to die, we're all going to die," she told BBC Wales News. |
| "This is about a right to have somebody assist your suicide, aiding and abetting your suicide. | "This is about a right to have somebody assist your suicide, aiding and abetting your suicide. |
| "It's too dangerous to allow the law to be changed so that somebody else assists and abets your suicide when there are no proper safeguards in this bill." | "It's too dangerous to allow the law to be changed so that somebody else assists and abets your suicide when there are no proper safeguards in this bill." |
| The second reading of the Assisted Dying Bill, which has been proposed by former Labour Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer, is taking place in the House of Lords on Friday morning. | |
| Case study: Personal choice | Case study: Personal choice |
| Yvonne Tustin from Carmarthen, who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease two years ago, said it was "about time politicians actually got together and talked about it". | Yvonne Tustin from Carmarthen, who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease two years ago, said it was "about time politicians actually got together and talked about it". |
| "There is no cure for motor neurone disease. There is no chemotherapy, radiotherapy, no transplant, no transfusion," she told BBC Wales News. | "There is no cure for motor neurone disease. There is no chemotherapy, radiotherapy, no transplant, no transfusion," she told BBC Wales News. |
| "My end is definite - that is how I'm going to die and I would like some control over my life. | "My end is definite - that is how I'm going to die and I would like some control over my life. |
| "I would like to have that ability to be able to not die in pain and misery." | "I would like to have that ability to be able to not die in pain and misery." |
| Paralympic multi-gold medallist Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has also spoken out against the bill saying it was "a really dangerous path to go down". | Paralympic multi-gold medallist Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has also spoken out against the bill saying it was "a really dangerous path to go down". |
| "I already have a number of people who stop me in the street who say I wouldn't want to live if my life was like yours," she said. | "I already have a number of people who stop me in the street who say I wouldn't want to live if my life was like yours," she said. |
| "That's why I'm worried that this will be a slippery slope and that disabled people will be included in this at some point." | "That's why I'm worried that this will be a slippery slope and that disabled people will be included in this at some point." |
| The bill has won the backing of Lib Dem Care Minister Norman Lamb but does not have the support of Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron. | The bill has won the backing of Lib Dem Care Minister Norman Lamb but does not have the support of Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron. |