250 Doctors and Nurses in Wales Urge Senedd to Vote Against Assisted Suicide

Welsh Healthcare Professionals Unite Against Proposed Euthanasia Legislation

Over 250 doctors and nurses in Wales have signed an open letter urging members of the Senedd, the Welsh parliament, to vote against proposed assisted suicide legislation. The healthcare professionals warn that legalizing assisted suicide would fundamentally alter the doctor patient relationship, endanger vulnerable populations, and undermine the core medical principle of preserving life.

The letter, organized by medical ethics advocacy groups, argues that assisted suicide laws create perverse incentives that pressure elderly, disabled, and terminally ill patients to end their lives rather than burden families or healthcare systems. The signatories emphasize that modern palliative care can effectively manage pain and provide dignity in end of life situations without resorting to intentionally ending patients' lives.

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The healthcare workers detailed specific concerns about how assisted suicide legislation impacts clinical practice. They noted that prognoses for terminal illnesses are often uncertain, with patients frequently outliving initial predictions. The letter highlighted cases from jurisdictions where assisted suicide is legal, showing expansion beyond original restrictions and normalization of death as a medical treatment option.

Doctors in the group expressed particular alarm about the impact on disabled and elderly patients, who research shows are significantly more likely to feel pressured to choose assisted suicide due to fears of being burdensome. The professionals argued that proper funding for palliative care and disability support services would address end of life suffering far more ethically than offering death as a solution.

The letter comes as the Senedd prepares to debate assisted suicide proposals that would allow terminally ill adults to request medical assistance in ending their lives. Proponents of the legislation argue it provides autonomy and compassion for those experiencing unbearable suffering. However, the 250 signatories contend that true compassion means providing excellent care until natural death, not facilitating premature death.

THE CRUSADER'S OPINION

250 doctors and nurses stand between Wales and state sanctioned killing.

They understand what politicians refuse to see: assisted suicide laws never stay limited.

First it's terminal illness with six months to live.

Then it's chronic conditions.

Then it's mental illness.

Then it's poverty and loneliness rebranded as "unbearable suffering."

Canada expanded euthanasia to depressed people within years of legalization.

Belgium euthanizes children.

The Netherlands kills people for being tired of life.

Every jurisdiction follows the same pattern: open the door slightly, then remove all boundaries.

Elderly patients already feel like burdens on families and healthcare systems.

Disabled people already face discrimination and assumptions their lives lack value.

Now we offer them death as healthcare and call it compassion.

This is eugenics dressed in the language of autonomy.

These 250 medical professionals know that healing and killing cannot coexist in the same profession.

Wales must reject this culture of death before it becomes irreversible.

TAKE ACTION

Oppose Assisted Suicide Legislation: • Care Not Killing UK: www.carenotkilling.org.uk (coalition opposing euthanasia) • Email: info@carenotkilling.org.uk | Phone: +44 (0)20 7234 9310

Support Palliative Care: • Christian Medical Fellowship: www.cmf.org.uk/donate (equips Christian doctors) • Email: admin@cmf.org.uk | Phone: +44 (0)20 7234 9660

Medical Ethics Advocacy: • Alliance Defending Freedom UK: www.adfuk.org/donate (defends life and conscience rights) • Email: info@adfuk.org

What You Can Do Today: • Contact Senedd members directly urging them to vote against assisted suicide legislation • Share testimonies from palliative care patients and families showing dignity in natural death • Support hospices and palliative care organizations that provide genuine end of life compassion • Educate your church community about the slippery slope of euthanasia laws using evidence from other countries