The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying has published its final report and recommends that the Coalition introduces legislation allowing for it in certain restricted circumstances.
In the teeth of a process where it became clear that the majority of doctors in Ireland , groups representing people with disabilities, and anti-suicide advocates oppose the legalisation regarding assisted dying , the joint Oireachtas committee still recommended proceeding.
Does this remind you of recent events involving politicians ploughing ahead in happy obliviousness to dissenting voices? Alan Farrell TD said it was “untenable” for committee chairman Michael Healy-Rae to support a minority report by Senator Rónán Mullen and Robert Troy T
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