Proposals recommend allowing assisted dying in restricted circumstances
Ireland's Catholic bishops say that rather than legislate to allow assisted dying, TDs should invest more in palliative care. Photograph: iStock“The deliberate taking of human life, especially by those whose vocation is to care for it, undermines a fundamental principle of civilised society, namely that no person can lawfully take the life of another,” the bishops said.
It also recommends that a criminal offence be created to deal with someone found to have coerced another individual into assisted dying and that relevant doctors and healthcare workers be trained to identify such coercion. For his own part he said, “I myself don’t agree with this legislation. I have really serious reservations about it.”who called for all Government parties to allow a free vote on the issue. Recent polls showed “a clear majority that would support assisted dying in Ireland”, he said.
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