Jennifer Moore 😷From Fiona at Granite and Sunlight - someone I have a lot of respect for:
"I used to be on the other side of this. I know what’s at stake and why people want it. But I have experiences, both my own and those of disabled people I’ve worked with, loved or supported, which most people don’t. I know the systems we’re all relying on to ‘safeguard’ vulnerable people. I know them intimately. I know they cannot.
"... the real coercion we’re talking about is society-wide and can’t be easily accounted for in vetting. As care and funds and access to treatment are cut, the fallout doesn’t just affect us. We watch our loved ones give up careers to provide care, watch our lives shrink as the cost of disability takes more and more from our families, see the weight of worry and work. ...
"I wish we lived in a society where we could do this knowing people had received the support and treatment they needed so the choice would only be made when necessary.
"Instead we live in this one, where access to the basics of housing, food and treatment are increasingly precarious and a constant battle with the same systems people are entrusting this Bill’s safeguarding to.
"It isn’t safe."
"Why I Oppose The Assisted Dying Bill"
https://graniteandsunlight.wordpress.com/2026/03/17/why-i-oppose-the-assisted-dying-bill/
