Campaigners against proposals to legalise assisted suicide are seeking an urgent meeting with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
Lib Dem MSP Liam McArthur is leading the campaign for the legalisation of assisted suicide in Scotland with his proposed Member’s Bill that would make it permissable for adults who are mentally competent and suffering from a terminal illness.
Campaign groups the Care Not Killing coalition and Our Duty Of Care are opposed to a change in the law, arguing that it would put vulnerable people at risk of abuse and leave some people feeling pressured into ending their lives prematurely.
They have written to Sturgeon to ask for a meeting after she expressed an openness to hearing different views on the matter before casting her vote on the Bill when it comes before the Scottish Parliament.
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