‘Assisted dying law change could stop my life ending like my parents’

The Church in Wales claims vulnerable people would be put at risk if assisted dying was legalised.

Its bishops said there was “abundant” evidence assisted dying could “swiftly lead to bad and unintended outcomes” and “to the devaluing of all human life”.

In a statement, the church called for the “extension of the best possible palliative care to all who require it”.

The motion in the Senedd was submitted by Labour MS for Cardiff North, Julie Morgan, and calls for adults of sound mind who are “intolerably suffering from an incurable, physical condition and have a clear and settled wish to die should have the option of an assisted death, subject to robust safeguards”.

Trevor Moore, of My Death, My Decision, said: “This debate will be about a law for people who are intolerably suffering from incurable conditions, not one limited to people who are terminally ill.

“It’s important that people who are suffering from conditions like multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s and locked-in syndrome are not ignored.”