Assisted dying: setting the record straight
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Dispelling the myths
An assisted dying law is needed. The current law does not work – turning a blind eye to compassionate amateur assistance to die is no substitute for a safeguarded assisted dying law. The Supreme Court has warned Parliament that this issue must be addressed. Every two weeks somebody from the UK travels to Dignitas to die and for every person that does this, ten more dying people end their lives at home.
The Assisted Dying Bill is based on the law in Oregon, USA, which has been operating safely for 17 years; it is not based on the laws in Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg or current practice in Switzerland, which are all much wider in scope and do not contain as many safeguards. Comparison to these laws is misleading.
Terminally ill people need the security and protection of a safeguarded law, they also deserve an informed debate when lawmakers are determining what end-of-life choices should be available. In o...
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