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Graham Mansfield, whom the BBC <\/span>refers<\/span><\/a> to as the \u201cfailed suicide pact killer,\u201d has been released from jail and is now calling upon the UK to change its laws regarding assisted suicide. Euthanasia and assisted suicide are currently <\/span>illegal<\/span><\/a> under UK law and may be prosecuted as murder or manslaughter.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mansfield slit both his and his wife Dyanne\u2019s throats after her lung cancer <\/span>spread<\/span><\/a> to her lymph nodes. Mansfield <\/span>said<\/span><\/a>: \u201c[W]e were in bed and Dyanne said to me, ‘When it gets too bad, don’t leave me to go into hospital.’ She said: ‘I can’t stand it. Please do something about it, kill me.’ I said \u2018I can’t live without you,\u2019 and we made a pact that I would do the killing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite his attempt, Mansfield was unsuccessful in killing himself, but he succeeded in killing Dyanne. He pleaded not guilty to both murder and manslaughter, <\/span>claiming<\/span><\/a> “his actions were lovingly undertaken through duress of circumstances or necessity for the purpose of avoiding any further severe pain and suffering.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking outside the court after he was sentenced to two years (suspended), Mansfield said his wife “shouldn’t have had to die in such barbaric circumstances… that is what we had to resort to \u2026 Nobody should have to go through what we went through.” He added that “[s]ome form of euthanasia with terminal illness” should be “a priority,” and that “the sooner that happens the better this country will be.”<\/span><\/p>\n

However, experts in countries that currently permit assisted suicide have pointed out the dangers for abuse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ramona Coelho, a family doctor in Ontario, Canada, <\/span>noted<\/span><\/a> that many vulnerable patients experience a “period of known suicidality,” rather than a constant desire to die.\u00a0 \u201cI warned that many injuries and illnesses are accompanied by transient suicidality that ends with adaptation and support but on average, [lasts for] two years. The overwhelming majority of persons after those two years rate their quality of life as the same as age-matched healthy individuals,” she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

READ:<\/strong>\u00a0Woman in Canada seeks assisted suicide due to financial strain from COVID illness<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Along the same lines, The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing <\/span>found<\/span><\/a> that 72% of people who expressed the desire to die changed their minds after their feelings of depression and loneliness were treated and improved.<\/span><\/p>\n

Furthermore, assisted suicide laws like those in Canada have resulted in patients being <\/span>pressured<\/span><\/a> to \u201cchoose\u201d assisted suicide.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Similarly, Dr. Maria Cigolini, Clinical Director of Palliative Medicine at Sydney\u2019s Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Australia, which also allows assisted suicide, <\/span>explained<\/span><\/a> that \u201cas more hospice and elder care organizations offer voluntary assisted dying (VAD), many people will avoid seeking the treatment they need for fear that they may be coerced into dying.\u201d She noted:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In some hospitals in Victoria, even though [healthcare professionals] can conscientiously object, there is no protection for that. It may create a situation where somebody is being killed in a palliative care unit and most of the staff will be expected to cope with that situation and prepare everybody as if nothing is happening. The moral distress that will create, and the idea that people may be worried that they may be next; the safety of the care environment may be compromised and create fears and distress in nurses, doctors, and patients and residents themselves.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

As these and many other instances demonstrate, legalizing assisted suicide and euthanasia is not the compassionate outcome for those who are sick and suffering. The truly loving option is to treat suicidality and pain, rather than killing the sufferer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Graham Mansfield, whom the BBC refers to as the \u201cfailed suicide pact killer,\u201d has been released from jail and is now calling upon the UK to change its laws regarding assisted suicide. Euthanasia and assisted suicide are currently illegal under UK law and may be prosecuted as murder or manslaughter. 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