{"id":78996,"date":"2025-10-29T15:37:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=78996"},"modified":"2025-11-03T09:45:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T08:45:23","slug":"scottish-politician-seeks-to-criminalise-influencing-a-persons-decision-about-assisted-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/scotland-buffer-zones-assisted-suicide","title":{"rendered":"Scottish politician seeks to criminalise \u201cinfluencing\u201d a person\u2019s decision about assisted suicide\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"78996\" class=\"elementor elementor-78996\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2695fb35 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2695fb35\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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BCX0\">Patrick<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW69629452 BCX0\">\u00a0Har<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW69629452 BCX0\">vie<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW69629452 BCX0\">\u00a0proposes a\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW69629452 BCX0\">censored \u201c<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW69629452 BCX0\">buffer zone<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW69629452 BCX0\">\u201d<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW69629452 BCX0\">\u00a0around facilities where assisted suicides might take place,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW69629452 BCX0\">preventing<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW69629452 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW69629452 BCX0\">family members or concerned individuals<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightPipeRest SCXW69629452 BCX0\">\u00a0from changing a person\u2019s mind<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW69629452 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/li><li><b><span class=\"TextRun SCXW255624934 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255624934 BCX0\">Move echoes abortion \u201cbuffer zones\u201d law enacted in Scotland last year, under which a grandmother was arrested for offering a conversation<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW255624934 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35504f4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"35504f4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">EDINBURGH (29 October 2025) &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A Scottish parliamentarian and member of the Health Committee, Patrick Harvie MSP, has proposed an amendment to Scotland\u2019s controversial \u201cassisted suicide\u201d bill that would criminalise discussion of suicide prevention\u00a0\u00a0within a large, undefined public area surrounding any building where an assisted suicide might take place.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The vague proposal would forbid any attempts to \u201cinfluence\u201d a person\u2019s decision to undergo an assisted suicide, such as through conversation with a family member or the display of a suicide prevention poster.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-792d122b elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"792d122b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #AF272F\">\"It's unthinkable that Scots should be banned on certain streets <\/span> from offering hope and encouraging someone to choose life, not suicide.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">- Lois McLatchie Miller, ADF International<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16de9b51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16de9b51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Almost half of those who opted for assisted suicides in Oregon cited concerns about being a perceived \u201cburden\u00a0on family, friends or caregivers\u201d\u00a0as a driver for their decision to end their lives, according to public\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/oha\/PH\/PROVIDERPARTNERRESOURCES\/EVALUATIONRESEARCH\/DEATHWITHDIGNITYACT\/Documents\/year25.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">health data<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0released in 2023.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><strong>Concerns for Free Speech<\/strong><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The move echoes the \u201cbuffer zones\u201d law put in place in Scotland last year, which\u00a0criminalises\u00a0any attempts to \u201cinfluence\u201d a person\u2019s decision to access abortion services\u00a0within\u00a0200m\u00a0of every hospital.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In August, 75-year-old grandmother Rose Docherty became the first person to be arrested under the\u00a0abortion\u00a0\u201cbuffer zones\u201d\u00a0law after she peacefully offered consensual conversation, holding a sign reading \u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want\u201d. <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The U.S. State Department <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/tyrannical-arrest-of-scottish-grandmother-abortion-buffer-zone\">condemned<\/a> the arrest as \u00ab\u00a0<i>another egregious example of the tyrannical suppression of free speech happening across Europe.\u00a0\u00bb <\/i><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ADF International is supporting her legal\u00a0defence\u00a0as she faces trial in December.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>At the Munich Security Conference in February, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance criticised the Scottish buffer zones law, summarising that <em>\u00ab\u00a0free speech, I fear, is in retreat\u00a0\u00bb.<\/em><\/p><p><strong>Reacting to Harvie\u2019s proposal, Lois McLatchie Miller from ADF International said:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00ab\u00a0It&rsquo;s unthinkable that Scots should be banned\u00a0on\u00a0certain streets from\u00a0offering hope and\u00a0encouraging someone to choose life, not suicide.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">How will this\u00a0impact\u00a0a\u00a0doctor&rsquo;s\u00a0choice to have a suicide-prevention\u00a0charity\u2019s\u00a0poster in their window? How will this impact important conversations between loved ones, eager to convince an elderly wife or a parent that they are not a burden, but a valuable member of the family?<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cOnce the principle of a censorial\u00a0\u2018buffer zone\u2019\u00a0is approved for one issue, it can easily\u00a0multiply\u00a0to\u00a0more and more\u00a0issues.\u00a0We&rsquo;ve\u00a0already seen\u00a0loosely worded\u00a0abortion\u00a0\u2018buffer zone\u2019\u00a0rules be used to arrest a grandmother simply for offering\u00a0to\u00a0chat. Now the government\u00a0seeks\u00a0to apply the same vague, broad rules to ban speech about\u00a0assisted\u00a0suicide. What could be next? Banning parents from \u00ab\u00a0influencing\u00a0\u00bb their child outside a gender clinic? Banning dissenting speech about foreign regimes around certain embassies? Censorship is always a\u00a0slippery slope.\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5032c854 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5032c854\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bab93ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4bab93ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Images for free use in print or online in relation to 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