Voices: ‘Where is our humanity?’ Readers share agony of loved ones’ deaths without assisted dying

The debate over assisted dying in Scotland has prompted a deeply personal response from Independent readers, many of whom shared moving accounts of watching loved ones endure prolonged and painful deaths.

The discussion follows the defeat of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill at Holyrood, where MSPs voted 69 to 57 against the legislation.