Posted on 05/03/2025 1:50:51 AM PDT by RandFan
The number of assisted deaths could be more than 4,000 in the 10th year after the law comes into force in England and Wales if MPs vote for it, a review of the policy says.
The estimate forms part of the official impact assessment, external, carried out by civil servants to inform MPs as they debate whether to allow assisted dying.
It said initially the numbers coming forward would be low, but are expected to grow over time.
The impact assessment says that the total number of assisted deaths is estimated to range from between 164 and 787 in the first (half) year of the service to between 1,042 and 4,559 in year 10, and assuming a start date to the policy of October 2029.
The upper estimate of just over 4,500 assisted deaths would still only represent less than 1% of all deaths, the document said.
The impact assessment also provides a financial analysis of the costs and savings involved – it is not a document that gets into the ethical or philosophical arguments for and against the policy.
It comes as the bill returns to the House of Commons later this month, with a crucial vote that will determine whether the bill becomes law expected to happen in mid June.
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This is mass killing ...
My take, industry knows there’s not enough money in killing the patient. Longer care is ideal for billing.
Canada has a population of 39 million. The UK has a population of 68 million... They better revise that figure upwards.
Uh Oh
Talk about a slippery slope...
Well, when you think about it, assisted suicides are a way for the left to willingly reduce their numbers.
The left will use assisted suicide to reduce your numbers. The ultimate goal is to be able to legally kill anyone they want to. Declare the patient insane, ward of the state, medicate and then euthanize because the patient is depressed. Far right extremism is mental illness.
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