Lorna Green

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[Lord Moylan @danielmgmoylan]

This was a really important speech with a perspective on young people that I think is unanswerable by supporters of the Bill. Certainly they didn’t try to answer it.

[Samantha Smith @SamanthaTaghoy]

I suffered with an eating disorder through my teenage years.

When I was 15, I spent over a month in hospital refusing to eat. I was on an IV drip, was a dangerously low weight, and my organs were on the brink of failing.

If I had the choice to die then, I would have taken it.

When you are as mentally ill as I was then, you will do everything in your power to convince those around you that you are well enough to make your own decisions.

When your organs are shutting down and every course of treatment has “failed” to fix you, death becomes an attractive option.

If I had been given the choice to die, I would’ve taken it — no questions asked.

And that’s why the Assisted Dying Bill terrifies me.

Because when you’re that mentally unwell, you don’t see hope. You see pain, and you want it to end.

You’ll do anything to convince the people around you that you’re “of sound mind.” You’ll say whatever it takes to be left alone. But behind those words is an illness doing the talking — not you.

If this bill had existed when I was 15, I might not be here. Not because it was the right choice, but because I was sick and exhausted and desperate. I didn’t need a legal route to die. I needed someone to fight for me when I couldn’t.

It tells people like the girl I was that death is the easiest option — to relieve your family, the NHS, and yourself of the burden of caring for you — instead of showing them that life can be worth the fight.

I survived. I got better.
But I may not have.

Not if the law had made dying seem easier than recovering. The Assisted Dying Bill doesn’t protect people like me. It writes us off.

“Assisted dying” is not dignity.
It’s abandonment dressed up as mercy.

[Lorna Green @lolorna]

@kamleshkhunti @NHS_LLR @ARC_EM @ivanbrowneLCC @LDC_tweets @uniofleicester @scelee1 @carolARCEastMid @EthnicHealthRes Thank you for a very interesting and helpful talk!

[Sancta Familia Media @SanctaFamiliaTV]

When a nation like ours turns from God, it turns from His light and His grace. The opposite is death and darkness. These are the sordid fruits made clear and manifest this week. We need to return to Christ, only He can defend the most vulnerable from womb to tomb.

[Glen Scrivener @glenscrivener]

Twice this week our parliament has tried to alleviate burdens — at the beginning and end of life.

But we’re not meant to eliminate burdens, we’re meant to carry them:

[Lorna Green @lolorna]

@AJogee So sorry for your loss, and thank you for your dedication!

[Lorna Green @lolorna]

@peterlynas Amen, thank you for this

[Lorna Green @lolorna]

Lord have mercy on our nation 💔

[Lorna Green @lolorna]

@CF_Farrow 💔💔

[Lorna Green @lolorna]

@Sureena4WNE Thank you!

[Lorna Green @lolorna]

@GavCalver Amen

[Lorna Green @lolorna]

@ShivaniRaja_LE Thank you

[Lorna Green @lolorna]

@IanByrneMP Thank you!

[Chris Littlewood @chrislittlewoo8]

Christine, a final thought for you @bickley200

Let me ask you something directly.

Given everything I have lived through, the 6 years my family spent caring for my mother in law as dementia slowly took everything from her until she forgot how to move or even breathe, why am I not supporting this Bill?

She lost control of her body, her memory, and every shred of dignity. We washed her, fed her, cleaned up after her, held her hand through the confusion and fear. We watched the woman we knew disappear in front of our eyes. And in the end, she died in a care home after we had done everything we could to keep her safe at home.

If this Bill was about compassion, if it truly offered dignity, if it was the right answer, do you not think I would be one of its loudest supporters?

I know what unbearable decline looks like. I know the pain. I know what it does to a family. And yet I oppose this legislation.

Ask yourself why.

It is not because I do not understand. It is because I do. I understand how this kind of law will be used, not just for those who want to die, but against those who want to live. Those who are a financial burden. Those society has decided are inconvenient. Those who have no voice.

The safeguards are a façade. The compassion is a smokescreen. And the consequences will not be felt by people like you. They will be felt by the most vulnerable. Silently. Permanently.

That is why I do not support it.

And that is why you should not either.

[Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrell_b]

Logic time - assisted dying will be delivered by private providers. Private firms thrive by expansion. Safeguards won't stop that. Meanwhile palliative care will continue to rely on charity shops?

[Nikki da Costa @nmdacosta]

The Speaker has confirmed that only five 'non Kim' amendments will be voted on on Friday.

All these elements of the Bill are now permanent. A 'yes' vote at Third Reading is to accept:

🚨Any doctor can raise ending a patient's life, no matter how vulnerable the patient, including those with learning disabilities [NC1 rejected]

🚨 Doctors and the panel only have to be 51% sure that the patient is not coerced or pressured, meets the criteria, or really wishes to die [NC9 not selected]

🚨Doctors do not need to be an expert in a patient’s condition, nor know the patient, nor are they required to involve other professionals. This increases the risk of mistakes [45 not selected]

🚨 The panels which have replaced the High Court will not have the power to investigate further, and will consist of self-selecting members, rather than being independently appointed [82-86 not selected]

🚨'Education campaigns' targeting “all professionals…family, friends, unpaid carers and other support organisations and charities” as specified in the impact assessment [NC14a rejected]

🚨 Private, for-profit contractors can run the service with no profit cap and no transparency obligations [15 not selected]

🚨 MPs will be sidelined from decisions about what this service will look like, and what their constituents will experience [103, 104 not selected]

🚨 The Bill will autocommence in 2029 no matter what training or work is left undone, or what the state of the NHS or palliative care is [102 not selected]

🚨Hospices and care homes who do not want to participate in assisted dying will have no protection in law and could have funding predicated on participation [NC17 not selected]

🚨There are no obligations to ensure drug safety standards, protect against distressing or prolonged death, and no need for patient clarity about possible complications [99 + 100, 27 not selected]

🚨Independent oversight is gone for good: the Chief Medical Officer has been removed and replaced with the Commissioner marking his team's homework [NC4 not selected]

🚨 MPs have no guarantee that the necessary data will be gathered from Day 1, without which it will be hard to understand how assisted dying is used and who it is impacting [NC19 not selected]

🚨 Coroners will be excluded despite strong opposition from the Royal College of Pathologists and former Chief Coroner that this will mean wrongdoing is concealed [NC15a not selected for decision]

[Care Not Killing @CNKAlliance]

🚨Since November 2024, the #AssistedDyingBill has been weakened, not strengthened.

⚠️The risks to the vulnerable and coerced have grown and are simply too great.

🧵Below is a thread of 150 people, organisations and voices urging MPs to think again on Friday 20 June👇

#NotThisBill

[Lorna Green @lolorna]

@AdnanHussainMP Thank you!

[Lorna Green @lolorna]

@PollyBLabour Thank you!

[Lorna Green @lolorna]

@DawnButlerBrent Thank you!