As Queensland’s Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation looms, there continue to be pleas for ‘compassion’ and ‘dignity’ in death.
Cathy Herbert, daughter of the recently passed Ursula Shepherd, has urged Queenslanders to consider and respect those who support voluntary assisted dying, after she witnessed her mother struggle for years in a body that could no longer function properly despite her retained mental clarity.
Ms Herbert says, “She had a brain all the way through, and she could see the indignities that were heaped upon her, despite all the best will for the people caring for her.”