Do not legalise euthanasia
What a mess Scotland is in when the ‘powers that be’ are to consider debating whether to pass a law allowing for euthanasia. It seems lawmakers have no value of human life.
We proudly boast of living in a society that is civilised and compassionate, and which cares for vulnerable people – yet now we have pitiless politicians about to debate an inhumane law which allows for a person to be deliberately killed if he/she wishes – all in the name of compassion! What utter hypocrisy.
Doctors are people who we trust to save and cure us, we regard them as the people who have been trained to save our lives but euthanasia gives doctors the opportunity to play God.
The physician’s role is to make a diagnosis, and sound judgments about medical treatment, not whether the patient’s life is worth living. They have an obligation to perform sufficient care, not to refrain from giving the patient food and water until that person dies.
Euthanasia should not be legalised. Life is a gift and not a choice and practices such as euthanasia violate this vital concept of human society.
Donald J Morrison, Inverness.