Richard's Story | Assisted Dying | My Death, My Decision

Because of the UK's iniquitous laws, Richard had no option but to travel abroad to die.

Richard wanted to share his story to shine a light on the iniquity of the law in the UK that forces people to travel abroad to end their lives. Richard found it frustrating that one of the most common arguments raised by opponents of assisted dying law is that the vulnerable might be coerced into ending their lives.

He emphasised that the process of applying to Switzerland was arduous and involved several discussions with doctors and others, during which the professionals would have readily identified anyone acting against their will.

By the time you're reading this, Richard had ended his life at Dignitas. You can still read his story, and understand why he supported MDMD at https://bit.ly/3aQUgUP #AssistedDying

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My Death, My Decision is a right-to-die campaign organisation that wants to see a more compassionate approach to dying in the UK, including giving people the opportunity to have a medically assisted death if that is their considered choice (assisted dying).

We believe that medically assisted dying should be available to all mentally competent adults with incurable health problems that reduce their quality of life permanently below the level they are willing to accept, provided this is their own persistent request.

Unlike Dignity in Dying (the largest UK assisted dying campaign group), we do not think this option should be restricted to those who are terminally ill with a prognosis of 6 months or less. Many people are left incurably suffering for longer than 6 months. Doctors are not always able to give an accurate 6 month prognosis. Doctor opposition to the 6 month criterion was one of the reasons why recent attempts to introduce assisted dying legislation was rejected.

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