Leeds woman says assisted dying bill would have 'made mum feel powerful' in final days of cancer battle

Jordan Findlay was still at school when she became a full-time carer for her mum, who was dying of terminal cancer.

- by James Connolly

At 18 years old, she dropped out of education to focus on her mother's care, determined to be with her until the end.

"In old photos, I've noticed that she was always looking at one of the kids," said Jordan, now 28. "I think that just sums up exactly the kind of person that she was."

Her mum, Anne Louise Findlay, died in June 2015 at the age of 57, having endured months of distress and confusion as her cancer spread to her sternum.

It was an experience that inspired Jordan to set up the Leeds branch of Dying in Dignity, a campaign group calling for assisted dying to be made legal in England and Wales.