{"id":6233,"date":"2021-09-22T15:52:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T13:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.dignitas.bertastrasse1.ch\/news\/liam-mcarthur-member-of-the-scottish-parliament-lodged-a-proposal-for-a-members-bill-to-enable-competent-adults-who-are-terminally-ill-to-be-provided-at-their-request-with-assistance-to-end-their\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T16:27:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T14:27:18","slug":"liam-mcarthur-member-of-the-scottish-parliament-lodged-a-proposal-for-a-members-bill-to-enable-competent-adults-who-are-terminally-ill-to-be-provided-at-their-request-with-assistance-to-end-their","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/news\/liam-mcarthur-member-of-the-scottish-parliament-lodged-a-proposal-for-a-members-bill-to-enable-competent-adults-who-are-terminally-ill-to-be-provided-at-their-request-with-assistance-to-end-their\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland: Dignitas&#8217; submission in support of the proposed Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Liam McArthur, Member of the Scottish Parliament, lodged a proposal for a Member&#8217;s Bill to enable competent adults who are terminally ill to be provided at their request with assistance to end their life: the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill. The public was invited to submit written comments on the proposed Member\u2019s Bill. Dignitas wrote a submission in support of the proposed Bill.<\/p>\n<p>22 September \u2013 22 December 2021<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.scot\/bills-and-laws\/bills\/proposals-for-bills\/proposed-assisted-dying-for-terminally-ill-adults-scotland-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Consultation Document<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/images\/stories\/pdf\/diginpublic\/stellungnahme-submission-adftia-scotland-21122021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submission by Dignitas \u2013 To live with dignity \u2013 To die with dignity<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fate.scot\/news\/assisted-dying-in-scotland-consultation-on-bill-proposal-at-the-scottish-parliament-receives-unprecedented-response\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information about the Consultation by FATE \u2013 Friends At The End<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liam McArthur, Member of the Scottish Parliament, lodged a proposal for a Member&#8217;s Bill to enable competent adults who are terminally ill to be provided at their request with assistance to end their life: the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill. The public was invited to submit written comments on the proposed Member\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[499,550],"class_list":["post-6233","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","tag-media-release","tag-scotland"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/6233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}