10th January 2015 by CG Ross
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absolutely oppose this Bill. Suicide is wrong, because it is a refusal
to accept our own humanity, which itself is defined by our kinship with
God. All of us and our lives have value precisely because we are
children of God. This is where our dignity comes from, not from some
perception of independence and control, which are only apparent and not
real anyway.
My own mother was almost euthanized by default, all that was required
was to rehydrate her properly, which thankfully did happen. This gave
her four more years of life, and although frail and bedridden, these
were good years for her and for us.
Pain and death, when it comes is to be accepted, are to be accepted with
courage-this also lends to our dignity, but does not define it.
What we must also look to, as well as throwing out this Bill, (yet again
in Scotland) is support for people who otherwise might be tempted into
suicide, either through ill health, frailty or depression and
loneliness. This very support would be undermined by such a Bill.
Not only is this morally wrong, it is extremely dangerous
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