Declan McGavin

Fmr Falkirk Education, Children & Young People Representative🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇻🇦 | Law Student

[Jenny Gilruth MSP @JennyGilruthMSP]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The Scottish Parliament has voted to put Scotland’s future into Scotland’s hands.

🗳️ A majority of MSPs exercised the mandate given to them by voters at the recent election, calling on the UK Gov to devolve the powers required to hold a referendum on Scottish independence.

[John Swinney @JohnSwinney]

The Scottish Parliament has spoken. A significant majority of MSPs has voted to affirm the right of people in Scotland to decide their constitutional future.

This is democracy and it must be respected. Scotland’s future must be in Scotland’s hands. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth. #ApostolicJourney #Cameroon https://t.co/bKteFZ3iWE

[Catholic Arena @CatholicArena]

'The pope is weak on foreign policy'

[Murdo Fraser MSP @murdo_fraser]

Days of scrutiny means no-one can say the issues weren’t properly examined. Supporters of AS can’t keep asking this question until they get the answer they want. It’s time to move on, and focus instead of much improved palliative care for all. (2/2)

[Being Catholic TV @BeingCatholicTV]

𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆

MSPs can be confident that they have taken the correct and responsible course of action. Their vote serves to protect some of Scotland’s most vulnerable individuals from the risk of being pressured into a premature death.

Every human life possesses inherent value. Genuine compassion is not expressed through ending a life, but through accompanying those who suffer and ensuring they receive the medical, emotional, and spiritual support that recognises their dignity. No life is without worth.

As a society, our responsibility is not to address suffering by eliminating the sufferer, but to surround each person with care, respect, and dignity until their natural end. Today’s decision moves Scotland further in that direction, and MSPs should be commended for this.

However, we must continue to make progress. Our next priority must be to strengthen palliative care by ensuring that it is properly funded and accessible to all who require it.

I would like to express my gratitude to all MSPs for their serious engagement with this issue and for the thoughtful and considered attention they have given to the bill. I am especially grateful to those who upheld the principle of human dignity and advocated on behalf of the vulnerable. Your principled commitment has not gone unnoticed.

Bishop John Keenan
President of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland

[Crux Now Media @Crux]

Ahead of vote on Assisted Suicide, Scottish bishops call on parliament to reject attack on vulnerable

https://t.co/PAKiRaoH3M

[RC Politics @rcpoliticsuk]

The choice facing MSPs today. Pray for them.

[Anthony Horan @AHoran79]

Absolutely. This is a significant intervention.

[Anthony Horan @AHoran79]

Breaking!

Existing NHS services will suffer if assisted dying bill is passed, Scottish Government confirms.

[Anthony Horan @AHoran79]

Dignity in Dying have the money, power and influence to push their assisted suicide obsession on vulnerable Scots.
MSPs face a binary choice on Tuesday: side with the powerful or stand up for the weak.

[Lois McLatchie Miller @LoisMcLatch]

Nobody thinks this bill is safe. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Not the First Minister.
Not the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Not Disability groups.
Not doctors.

No one thinks it’s a good idea to let the NHS kill patients. 💉👇

[Lois McLatchie Miller @LoisMcLatch]

🚨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Wow. Two-thirds of the Scottish public fear that citizens with learning difficulties such as Down’s Syndrome may be vulnerable to “coercion or manipulation into assisted suicide” under Liam McArthur’s bill:

[Jess Asato MP @Jess4Lowestoft]

New polling from Not Dead Yet UK shows nearly 7 in 10 (69%) of Scots agree that the Scottish Parliament should prioritise improving access to care for disabled people before considering whether to introduce assisted suicide.

https://t.co/IzpPSg8vyG

[Anthony Horan @AHoran79]

The Royal College of Psychiatrists, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Association for Palliative Medicine and the Royal College of GPs do not agree with you.
It is beyond belief that you deem this bill to be safe when so many have decided it is the opposite.

[The Scotsman @TheScotsman]

Psychiatrists and pharmacists oppose assisted dying legislation https://t.co/yja7DBUbiy

[Right To Life UK @RightToLifeUK]

🚨SO MUCH FOR A NARROW BILL FOR RARE CASES!

Pro-assisted suicide MSPs have just REJECTED an amendment that would have prevented people choosing to die because they feel a burden or are under undue influence or financial pressure. Profoundly concerning.

[Right To Life UK @RightToLifeUK]

THIS IS DISGRACEFUL: Brian Whittle MSP (@BrianWhittle) says it is unacceptable that MSPs learned just a week before the final vote that parts of the Scottish assisted suicide Bill may not even be legally competent.

[Murdo Fraser MSP @murdo_fraser]

My latest column @TheScotsman on why the Assisted Dying Bill is flawed legislation

[Right To Life UK @RightToLifeUK]

⚡TRULY SHOCKING FROM AN ASSISTED SUICIDE SUPPORTER.

Supporter of the Scottish assisted suicide Bill Christine Grahame says that safeguards are just "clutter" in the legislation.

This is appalling.