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Don't recall seeing a previous thread on this subject so here goes....
After a free vote in the House of Commons today the UK's MPs have once again voted roughly 2:1 against a proposed change in the law that would allow people in pain and who have been given less than 6 months to live the right to assistance to end their own suffering. Currently those UK citizens who want such help have to travel to Switzerland, often in great discomfort, in order to exert any form of choice in the way they meet their end.
Bear in mind this wasn't some Bill designed to let relatives bump Grandma off a bit early so they could get their hands on her money. Each would have required the signatures of two doctors and then the approval of a High Court Judge before the prescription would be issued for the drugs that the patient would have to be capable of taking themselves.
Isn't it high time in a supposedly civilised world that we are able to die with dignity and without pain instead of being forced to suffer until the bitter end, enjoying at least the same rights as a family pet with terminal cancer?
After a free vote in the House of Commons today the UK's MPs have once again voted roughly 2:1 against a proposed change in the law that would allow people in pain and who have been given less than 6 months to live the right to assistance to end their own suffering. Currently those UK citizens who want such help have to travel to Switzerland, often in great discomfort, in order to exert any form of choice in the way they meet their end.
Bear in mind this wasn't some Bill designed to let relatives bump Grandma off a bit early so they could get their hands on her money. Each would have required the signatures of two doctors and then the approval of a High Court Judge before the prescription would be issued for the drugs that the patient would have to be capable of taking themselves.
Isn't it high time in a supposedly civilised world that we are able to die with dignity and without pain instead of being forced to suffer until the bitter end, enjoying at least the same rights as a family pet with terminal cancer?
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