Have your say! Should assisted dying be legalised in the UK?

A music teacher who is battling terminal cancer and played a significant role in Labour's election campaign has voiced his support for the legalisation of assisted dying.

Nathaniel Dye, 38, who bravely shared his battle with cancer during the Labour manifesto launch, is urging MPs to consider the "profound difference" they could make by allowing individuals to have control over their own passing.

Have your say! Do you think assisted dying should be legalised in the UK? Comment below and join in on the conversation.

Nathanial is suffering from stage 4 incurable bowel cancer that has metastasised to his liver, lungs, and brain, he expressed his belief that offering the choice of assisted dying to those with terminal illnesses is the "kind" and "compassionate" course of action. His call comes as a Bill to legalise assisted dying is set to be fully published on Tuesday, with the first vote on the matter scheduled for November 29.

He asks, "If there's a way to avoid a horrible death, when someone is just dying anyway and really much might as well be dead and everyone agrees, can we look at that?", reports the Mirror.

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater's upcoming assisted dying bill looks set to offer terminally ill adults with less than six months left to live the right to hasten their death if they choose.

Anticipated stringent protection measures will likely require the patient to have the mental capacity to decide, alongside approval from two doctors and a judge for every individual case.

A group encompassing seven current and former nurses penned and sent out a letter through Dignity in Dying, calling on MPs to back the bill. These nursing professionals, among them two who specialise in palliative care, a general nurse, and a senior nursing assistant, stated unequivocally: "We are joined by a single wish - all of us want choice."

Dr Gordon Macdonald, chief executive of Care Not Killing, has called on MPs to reject the Bill, stressing: "the safest law is the one we currently have".

He highlighted concerns over the pace of legislative change, underlying issues in palliative care and social care systems, and international evidence suggesting such laws could unduly pressure vulnerable individuals, commenting: "This Bill is being rushed with indecent haste and ignores the deep-seated problems in the UK's broken and patchy palliative care system, the crisis in social care and data from around the world that shows changing the law would put pressure on vulnerable people to end their lives."

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