A politician diagnosed with terminal cancer is speaking out against assisted suicide in the United Kingdom as the nation considers its legalization.
40-year-old Matthew Wren was chosen as the 2024 Reform UK candidate for North East Fife, just days after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. He was originally diagnosed with colon cancer in 2021, but recovered; in 2023, he had surgery on his liver after doctors found a tumor. By 2024, he was told that he had secondary liver cancer which had originated elsewhere in his body and metastasized to his liver. Wren was told there was no cure.
“Death is the end of the journey, but you cannot predict when you’re going to get there,” he said. “If you asked any doctor in September if I had less than six months to live, they’d have said yes. The journey is not linear.”
He further argued that what the UK needs is better access is palliative care to give people a good death, not easier access to suicide.
“Good palliative care can do a lot to alleviate the pain and suffering,” he said. “If you don’t have the staff available, then it’s hard for people to have what we term a good death. I’m not comfortable with suicide as the way of solving this. It’s a simple solution, but it’s far more complex.” Wren further said that assisted suicide preys on people going through moments of weakness. […]
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