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Scots mum starved herself so family didn't have to watch cancer kill her as MSP daughter supports Assisted Dying Bill

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MSP Elena Whitham has told how her terminally ill mum starved herself to death rather than have her family endure weeks of torture as cancer claimed her life.

She has bravely recounted the final stages Irene’s struggle before she passed away.Even reflecting today on Irene’s death in 2014, SNP member Elena tearfully relives the powerful and lingering feeling of guilt that many families experience during the traumatic last days of their loved ones.

She is an impassioned supporter of the Assisted Dying Bill being presented to the Scottish Parliament by Lib Dem MSP Liam McArthur, which has been gathering support.

Elena said: “My mum often said to us, partly in jest, that if something very bad happens to her, ‘just give me the big blue pill’,

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