{"id":10532,"date":"2021-02-15T17:47:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T01:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10532"},"modified":"2021-03-14T14:50:47","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T21:50:47","slug":"palliative-care-experts-warn-of-deeply-flawed-assisted-dying-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10532","title":{"rendered":"Palliative care experts warn of \u2018deeply flawed\u2019 assisted dying Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018There\u2019s no proper oversight or scrutiny&#8230; this legislation could lead to a slippery slope\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Irish Times<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sorcha Pollak, Jennifer O&#8217;Connell<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Planned legislation before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/news\/politics\/oireachtas\">Oireachtas<\/a> which seeks to legalise assisted dying in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/news\">Ireland<\/a> is \u201cdeeply flawed\u201d and leaves the population open to \u201csignificant risk\u201d, consultants in palliative medicine have warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last October, the D\u00e1il voted to pass the Dying with Dignity Bill to committee stage by 81 to 71 votes after&nbsp;the three Government parties allowed a free vote on the legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, experts working in end-of-life care have expressed concern about the wording of the Bill, tabled by People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny . . .[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/news\/social-affairs\/palliative-care-experts-warn-of-deeply-flawed-assisted-dying-bill-1.4484688\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018There\u2019s no proper oversight or scrutiny&#8230; this legislation could lead to a slippery slope\u2019 The Irish Times Sorcha Pollak, Jennifer O&#8217;Connell Planned legislation before the Oireachtas which seeks to legalise assisted dying in Ireland is \u201cdeeply flawed\u201d and leaves the population open to \u201csignificant risk\u201d, consultants in palliative medicine have warned. 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