{"id":296166,"date":"2024-10-06T07:28:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T07:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=296166"},"modified":"2024-10-08T07:21:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T07:21:22","slug":"the-uk-govt-wants-to-legalise-assisted-dying-heres-what-happens-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=296166","title":{"rendered":"The UK gov\u2019t wants to legalise \u201cassisted dying\u201d. Here\u2019s what happens next."},"content":{"rendered":"

Kit Knightly \u2013 Off-Guardian Oct 4, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The Parliament of the United Kingdom is moving forward with a vote on a new bill that will legalise assisted dying for those diagnosed with terminal illness.<\/p>\n

The bill, proposed by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater<\/a>, has yet to be published in full. According to the BBC<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The details have not been finalised but the bill is likely to be similar to a proposal in the House of Lords, which would allow terminally ill adults with six months or fewer to live to get medical help to end their own lives.<\/p>\n

This is the culmination of a years-long political, media and entertainment industry wide campaign to normalise euthanasia in the UK\u2019s public mind.<\/p>\n

In that time we have been told that assisted dying is good for people, good for the NHS<\/a> and good for the environment<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The bill is expected to be formally introduced on 16 October, with the first debate to take place later this year, meaning the vote will likely be held in early 2025.<\/p>\n

I would be stunned if it doesn\u2019t pass.<\/p>\n

Here is my prediction for what happens next\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2013 For the first year or so it will just be an option, you won\u2019t hear much about it except in articles with headlines like \u201cAssisted dying saved my parent\/partner\/child from years of pain\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u2013 After a year or two a report will come out claiming success via some tortured invented statistical measure like \u201cassisted dying boosts patient well being scores in surveyed NHS hospitals\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Another will follow claiming waiting lists have improved due to decreased overcrowding in palliative care wards. They might even claim it\u2019s decreased the NHS\u2019s carbon footprint.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Opinion pieces will appear with titles like \u201cAssisted dying success story shuts down conspiracy theorists\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013 The minimum age to be considered for assisted dying will gradually be lowered. And the list of diseases and conditions for which assisted dying is a \u201crecommended treatment alternative\u201d will expand.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Eventually non-lethal diseases will be included, then psychological illnesses too. Then physical and mental disabilities.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Then will come an \u201cemergency\u201d \u2013 a fake one, obviously \u2013 and the NHS will come out of it shining thanks to resources \u201cfreed up\u201d by euthanasia programs.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Next will come the editorials. \u201cAssisted dying is good for patients and saved the NHS during [fake pandemic], it\u2019s time to make it mandatory\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013 A backbench MP will introduce a bill forcing anyone diagnosed with a fatal illness to be put on an assisted dying list.<\/p>\n

\u2013 The bill will fail, and most of the press will oppose it, but the government will issue \u201ccommon sense\u201d compromise regulations where assisted dying is the default, but patients can opt out of if they want.<\/p>\n

\u2013 It will never actually BE mandatory. But it WILL be harder and harder to get out of. If you choose to opt-in and later try to change your mind, you will be said to be mentally incompetent.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Patients who don\u2019t want to sign DNRs or opt for end of life care will be branded \u201cselfish\u201d and \u201cirresponsible\u201d. Studies will claim they are a strain on the NHS\u2019s resources.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Down the line, opting out will incur penalties to your pension payments and mean you are charged for healthcare, making it impossible for many older people to afford to stay alive.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Then they\u2019ll start panels where patients who are \u201cmentally incompetent\u201d have assisted dying recommended by \u201cmercy tribunals\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u2026and the whole time the establishment will claim there is freedom of choice, and no slippery slope at all.<\/p>\n

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Euthanasia could be legal in the UK as early as next year. Thereafter it will only be a matter of time before those eligible expand from the \u2018terminally ill\u2019 to those suffering from non-lethal diseases and those afflicted with physical and mental disabilities. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Commentary","category-Current_Affairs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=296166"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":296168,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296166\/revisions\/296168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=296166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=296166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=296166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}