NICOLA Sturgeon has said she is minded to oppose a new bill which would legalise assisted dying in Scotland.
In a column for the Glasgow Times, the former first minister said she was yet to make a final decision on the issue, but found herself “veering away from a vote in favour, not towards it”., wrote: “I have rarely been as conflicted on any issue as I am on this. On previous occasions when the matter has come before Parliament, I have voted against.
“Yet so far, despite my expectations, the more deeply I think about the different issues involved, the more I find myself veering away from a vote in favour, not towards it. “And I worry that, over time, this shift in collective mindset will see the tightly drawn provisions of this bill extended much further.”
Former MSP and Yes Scotland chair Dennis Canavan, who has seen three of his children die from terminal illnesses, has urged MSPs at
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