Euthanasia Scotland - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 21 Oct 2021 00:23:32 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Euthanasia Scotland - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Assisted suicide counseling via Zoom an even worse idea, foes tell Scottish lawmakers https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/10/21/assisted-suicide-counseling-via-zoom-an-even-worse-idea-foes-tell-scottish-lawmakers/ Thu, 21 Oct 2021 06:53:46 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=141669 Videophone evaluations are no way to assess someone for assisted suicide, critics have said, also warning that cost-based analyses which claim legal assisted suicide saves money show "callous indifference." Some Scottish lawmakers are again advocating the legalization of assisted suicide and have now suggested that online consultations with doctors could help fulfil purported safeguard requirements. Read more

Assisted suicide counseling via Zoom an even worse idea, foes tell Scottish lawmakers... Read more]]> Videophone evaluations are no way to assess someone for assisted suicide, critics have said, also warning that cost-based analyses which claim legal assisted suicide saves money show "callous indifference."

Some Scottish lawmakers are again advocating the legalization of assisted suicide and have now suggested that online consultations with doctors could help fulfil purported safeguard requirements.

"How can a medic make a decision on the state of mind of an individual on a remote internet connection without being in the physical presence of that person to try and make a measured judgement?" Gordon Macdonald, the chief executive of Care Not Killing, told the Scottish newspaper The Herald.

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