Dr Farooq feels taking your own life is wrong, and so, he says, it would be "sinful" for him to be involved in that process - even indirectly.
If this law passed - and a patient came to him asking for help to die - he would refer them to another doctor.
He says anything beyond that would be "a red line I would never cross".
Dr Farooq's objections are also informed by his professional experience, particularly his time working in a hospital.
He describes seeing "undignified deaths" - people passing away on busy wards - and says the health system is not getting the basics right in end-of-life care.
"There is so much we can do to make patients comfortable, if we have the right resources available," he tells me.
"We have a whole field of medicine called palliative medicine that is there to help people towards the end of their life. So why are we not throwing all our resources and money into that and actually making the process of death less scary?"
He's also concerned about specific parts of the proposed law. Doctors would have to assess if terminally ill patients are expected to die within six months before they are approved for an assisted death.
Dr Farooq sees this as problematic. The final day or so is easy to predict, he says, but adds that some patients he's expected to die within six months can still be alive a year later.
Is there anything that could change his mind on assisted dying?
"No," Dr Farooq says without hesitation. "I'm strongly against it. Personally and professionally, I think it's the wrong thing to do for patients."