An Open Letter To IDS
Seen here yesterday. Please share widely.
Lynne Maguire
I wrote this open letter earlier today after reading more of what is happening with this government. I hope you would publish it.
Dear Mr Duncan Smith,
Since the government have declared that it is illegal to assist in a suicide so that sufferers of certain illnesses must prolong their life to the bitter end, even though they don’t wish to, can you please explain to me why you are allowed to let people die whether they want to or not?
Dignitas and other organisations can give people a choice to die with dignity, without starving or freezing to death if they wish this to happen. And whilst your government have put in place an end of life care package, it nowhere near meets the same quality of end of life as that of those organisations. In fact, it is based on starving people to death which can take days. There is no dignity in that.
It is quite possible that those people who would wish to end their lives are claiming some kind of benefit.
By taking away the money people need, you are placing them in a very dangerous situation. They will eat or they will heat their homes, but they will not be able to do both. It is a very stark choice to have to make. If they eat, will they freeze to death and if they heat their home then they will almost definitely starve to death. Some people will probably make this choice anyway as you have made it so impossible to continue with their life as it is.
A concerned victim of your policies.
It is quite possible that those people who would wish to end their lives are claiming some kind of benefit.
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Sad but true they are vile.
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