An assisted dying campaigner hopes others will not need to suffer in the same way as both of her parents.
Colette Newton joined hundreds in Westminster today as MPs debated the assisted dying bill.
Both of her parents died of very aggressive brain tumours, with her father dying of starvation because he could no longer eat or drink.
She told Express.co.uk: “We were told we couldn’t give him any food or water, despite him asking for it.
“He died through starvation. My mum unfortunately saw that and had to care for him and then she was diagnosed a few years later with the same aggressive brain tumour.”
Colette added that she signed up to go to Dignitas to avoid the same fate, however, she was never able to see it through.
“She took a turn for the worse too quickly,” Colette added. “She also had a very traumatic death over three months.
“I wouldn’t want anyone else to go through what they had to go through, or what the wider family had to go through, seeing them suffer like that.
“Hopefully, there will be a change in the law today and no one else will have to suffer.”
She added for many, it’s about “having that choice”.
