PA mediaThe MSP leading a change of law in the assisted death in Scotland is dropping a proposal to allow 16 -year -olds to end their lives with medical assistance.
Liberal Democrat Liam Mcarthur said that the minimum age in which people should be eligible are 18 years old, in line with Legilation in the United States, Australia and New Zealand, since he considered the matter “with great care.”
If the bill was approved, it would allow a patient to request medical assistance to end their life, but only if it had a terminal disease and have a leg mentally adequately to make the decision of two doctors.
MSP are scheduled to vote on the general principles of the McCarthur Bill in Holyrood on May 13.
Mcarthur said he had “reflected on provisional evidence to the Health Committee and helped death legislation in other countries” when making his decision.
He said: “In other jurisdictions that have changed the law to allow dying people to access the choice of assisted death, such as the United States, Australia and New Zealand, 18 is the age of adults with terminal illnesses become elegant.
“In general, now I feel that would be more appropriate for Scotland.”
The MSP urged to vote in favor of the bill and help create “the most compassionate, safe and adequate law for Scotland.”
In October of last year, Prime Minister John Swinney said that “he had not reached a final opinion” on the subject, but added that the age threshold or 16 proposed was “a very important problem” with which the MSP will have to “fight.”
The parliamentarians in England and Wales voted in favor of a bill to allow assisted death last year, in 330 votes to 275.
Like the United Kingdom Parliament, Holy Red will have a free vote on assisted death, which means that MSP will not receive instructions on how to vote for their matches.
Getty imagesEarlier this week, a Holyrood committee scrutinizing the law refused to make a recommendation on how MSP should vote, saying it was a “issue of consciousness.”
The Holyrood Health Committee report highlighted a series of areas that, he said, required more consideration if the bill progresses to stage two.
These include the provision and quality of palliative care, how to guarantee the mental capacity of patients who opt for assistance to die and the possibility that health professionals can “enter” practice.
A decade ago, a member bill introduced by MSP Independiente Margo Macdonald, and the tasks for the MSP Green Patrick Harvie after his death, were rejected. This followed an attempt of 2004 of the liberal democrat Jeremy Purvis to promulgate similar legislation.
The last bill has proven to be divisive and sometimes controversial.
Politicians, including former prime minister, Humza Yousaf and Labor MSP, Pam Duncan-Glancy, have indicated that they would vote against.
The Catholic Church is also opposed in Scotland and the Association of Scottish Mosquas.
The Church of Scotland is “partial opposite” to the legislation that becomes law, but says that its official position is currently under review.
