"People probably look at me and think 'you look so well' but that's only one side of it. There are still days that I'm consumed by bad mental health, by deep dark thoughts. I've had so much of my dignity stripped away because of my diagnosis. I've had so many choices taken away, I've had my hope taken away."
"You can have the best palliative care in the world but at times they can't control that pain. All I am asking for is the right to be able to have a choice at the end of my life."
Scotland's parliament faces a major decision on assisted dying legislation proposed by Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur. MSPs have reviewed over three hundred potential amendments to the bill and made revisions. The legislation addresses whether terminally-ill adults with decision-making capacity and six months or less to live should have access to medical assistance to end their lives. The debate involves complex emotional, philosophical, and practical considerations. Two women with terminal illnesses represent different perspectives on the issue. Lisa Fleming, living with incurable secondary breast cancer after nine years of treatment including seventeen surgeries, advocates for the right to choose, having witnessed friends die in pain despite palliative care. She emphasizes losing dignity and choices due to her diagnosis.
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