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Michael Pringle

Daughter of former Lanarkshire firefighter urges MSPs to back Assisted Dying Bill

A Lanarkshire woman called on MSPs to support a bill which would legalise assisted dying when she visited the Scottish Parliament this week.

Joanne Easton, a 42-year-old paralegal from Wishaw, recounted the suffering her terminally ill dad had to endure.

Robert Easton, a retired firefighter, died from pancreatic cancer on June 21, 2021 – a day before his 70th birthday. Before his death he had considered ways of taking his own life.

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