Prestwick family call for end to blanket ban on assisted dying
dailyrecord.co.ukPrestwick woman devastated by the loss of her sister is calling for assisted dying to be made legal in Scotland.Julie Sproat Young has bravely spoken out after sibling, Sadie, travelled to Switzerland to end her own suffering.The 78-year-old, from Ayr, made her own choice to die after falling ill to a form of Parkinson's.Her family say it had rendered her little more than a "prisoner in her own body".Now they are among those campaigning for a change in the law, with Scottish ministers set to consider bringing Holyrood legislation in line with other countries.At present, family members who accompany loved ones on the trip to Swiss clinic Dignitas do so at risk of prosecution upon return.Julie, 62, said: "That is something that definitely has.
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