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Assisted dying campaigner dies aged 71
BBC ^ | June 11 | BBC

Posted on 06/11/2021 6:33:09 AM PDT by RandFan

Campaigner Noel Conway, who brought a legal challenge against the ban on assisted dying in the UK, has died at the age of 71.

Mr Conway, of Shropshire, had motor neurone disease and only had movement in his right hand, head and neck.

He took his campaign to the Supreme Court, arguing for his right to die, but lost the appeal in 2018.

His wife Carol said he had died at home on Wednesday after deciding with his family to remove his ventilator.

She said his carers "ensured Noel had a painless and dignified death, demonstrating empathy and concern for us all".

"Noel was in control, which was so important," Mrs Conway said.

"Ultimately, Noel wanted the choice of an assisted death and I hope his campaigning will bring this option closer to becoming a reality for other terminally ill people in this country."

He composed a statement in which he said his quality of life "has dipped into the negative".

He asked Dignity in Dying, which supported his legal action, to release his final words after his death.

"My voice has depleted to the extent that many people cannot now tell what I say and my eyesight recently deteriorated," he wrote.

"I'm already a paraplegic and I cannot use my hands or fingers but I am aware that my neck muscles are weakening as are my mouth and speech muscles.

"I recognise that the time has come to take the decision now to do something about this.

"I am not leaving it until I'm completely bed-ridden and unable to communicate at all."

He wrote how he felt he had "no alternative to ending my life without pain and suffering and without compromising others".

"This is not something I would have chosen."

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I'm not sold on changing the law on "assisted dying"
1 posted on 06/11/2021 6:33:09 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Whatever happened to Dr. Death, Jack Kevorkian?

šŸ˜Ž


2 posted on 06/11/2021 6:49:51 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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He looked like a ghoul


3 posted on 06/11/2021 6:51:06 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: PGalt

He died........................


4 posted on 06/11/2021 6:53:45 AM PDT by Red Badger (You can't wait until life isn't hard anymore before you decide to be happy............. Nightbirde)
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To: RandFan

RIP Mr. Conway.


5 posted on 06/11/2021 6:57:09 AM PDT by sauropod (Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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To: Red Badger

Time is on the side of people like him. Just no death panels please.


6 posted on 06/11/2021 6:57:13 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: RandFan

Pussy.

Use a plastic bag iver your head!

Step in front of a train.

Drink lye.

Where’s your style?


7 posted on 06/11/2021 7:05:31 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (I'm changing my name to 'Spike Protein'!)
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To: Uncle Miltie

given that he was pretty much totally paralyzed his options were rather limited.


8 posted on 06/11/2021 7:14:59 AM PDT by null and void (When you put bad people in charge expect bad things to happen, often in a spectacular and sudden way)
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To: RandFan

He should have moved to Kanadahar. Prome Mistake True-dope brought in legislation allowing assisted suicide, for any reason, including depression.

Alas, he would likely not have been able to move here because he is of European ancestry and of Judeo-Christian heritage. If he were Asian, or African, the darker hued, the better, an atheist or mohamedan, and communist in outlook? True-dope would meet him at the airport and present him with the Order of Canada!


9 posted on 06/11/2021 7:17:41 AM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see... )
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To: Red Badger

Dr. Death Died.

šŸ˜ŽšŸ‘

So did Dr. Mengele.

Dr. Fauzi is still kickin’

He should be 6’ under our shoes for safe social distancing.

šŸ˜‚


10 posted on 06/11/2021 7:19:50 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: RandFan

Mr. Conway found himself in a nightmare situation: already in a bad way, he could tell his ability to control his own fate was slipping out of his weakening grasp. I salute his courage, and am very sorry that he had to endure such a horrible illness and decline. He was the only one who could know when enough was enough. Everyone should have (does have in my view) the right to make that choice, and the law should recognize that. The challenge is preventing other people, government, and institutions from forcing their will over individuals.


11 posted on 06/11/2021 7:23:01 AM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: null and void

He could get help from loved ones!

No problemo.


12 posted on 06/11/2021 7:23:08 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (I'm changing my name to 'Spike Protein'!)
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To: PGalt

Dr. Fausti....................

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faust


13 posted on 06/11/2021 7:24:47 AM PDT by Red Badger (You can't wait until life isn't hard anymore before you decide to be happy............. Nightbirde)
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To: Uncle Miltie

The legal term for that is called murder.

BIG difference from suicide in that there’s someone still alive to punish...

...and if your a believer, prison and/or execution follow by tryouts for the nether region’s Olympic lava swimming team...


14 posted on 06/11/2021 7:30:52 AM PDT by null and void (When you put bad people in charge expect bad things to happen, often in a spectacular and sudden way)
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To: Chewbarkah; Shimmer1

Yes. Shimmer1 threw in the towel.

Several surgeries, they wouldn’t give her an implant that matched the size of her remaining breast, insurance wouldn’t cover it, as one that size was by definition ā€œcosmeticā€ not “restorativeā€, (she was a big gal) forcing her spend the rest of her life asymmetric, radiation therapy, resulting in permanently scorched and non-healing tissue, four courses of really nasty chemo, she said ā€˜Ā”No mĆ”s!’ to a fifth course.

Her husband and I drove 500 miles to get her a puppy (she was delighted, a beautiful angelic smile). She passed within a couple days, the day after I had to leave.

She did it on her own terms

She was at peace, knowing she’d done all she could, and her sons were with her when her time came.

Tough lady, I doubt I could have gone through all she did.


15 posted on 06/11/2021 7:44:09 AM PDT by null and void (When you put bad people in charge expect bad things to happen, often in a spectacular and sudden way)
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To: Red Badger

That too. Bad bargain.

šŸ˜Ž


16 posted on 06/11/2021 7:56:21 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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Father Time is undefeated. Time waits for no one. - rolling stones


17 posted on 06/11/2021 8:00:08 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: Chewbarkah

well said


18 posted on 06/11/2021 8:00:40 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Claiming Racism, the antidote to personal responsibility)
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To: Chewbarkah

I agree with you. Only he would know if he’d had enough of life given the cards he was dealt. There remains a great deal about the nervous system, about immunity disorders that we don’t know.
I am less quick these days to sit in judgment of someone else’s pain or quality of life.


19 posted on 06/11/2021 8:16:54 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: RandFan

Ah, so he died successfully without a doctor killing him.

I guess it can be done.


20 posted on 06/11/2021 8:40:54 AM PDT by Persevero (I am afraid propriety has been set at naught. - Jane Austen )
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