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This is much more than letting ourselves down; there are the very many people who support the Bill and who feel that we have not treated them properly. Elise, who some of us met on Wednesday, spoke of the metastatic breast cancer that has left her with a life expectancy of two years. She said: “Obviously, I hope to beat the odds and be a medical miracle, but the meds keep stopping working and I am running out of meds to try, but I am living life to the full as much as I can, filled with beautiful friends and family. But I am terrified. Not terrified of dying per se, but terrified of a long, drawn-out, painful death. This Bill will come too late for me, but I am here to fight for the many thousands that will come after me, and their families, in the hope that they will be given the choice of a dignified, pain-free death. People need meaningful end-of-life choice, and the unelected Peers need to accept the will of the people”.