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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Jane McLeod

My children's deaths showed me assisted suicide is unnecessary, Dennis Canavan says

Dennis Canavan former MP & MSP now convenor of the Ramblers Association pictured in the Stirlingshire countryside with views in thye distance where the Beauly - Denny power runs 26/2/10.

FORMER MSP and Yes Scotland chair Dennis Canavan has spoken out against plans to legislate for assisted suicide in Scotland, saying his children’s passing had shown him this was not needed to “ensure dignity in death”.

The former Labour MP who later became an Independent MSP, said he had “probably had more than my fair share of deaths in my family”. Four of his children have died, with three having suffered from terminal illness.

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