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.