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Individual choice should be the litmus test of the morality and legality of assisted suicide
Well, here we are in a new year. I’d hardly want to add to the storm of retrospection, recapitulation, wishlists and general crystal-gazing that you have been subjected to over the last fortnight or so. The editors have put together packages, the experts have spoken, the new has been rung in and the old has been rung out. So I’ll give in to what may be some deep-seated perversity and look at a variation of the ringing out bit, with a twist. This week, after a year of hearing evidence and arguments, and deliberation, the Commission on Assisted Dying is going to recommend to the British government that helping terminally ill people to commit suicide should be made legal, though under strict safeguards. Read more |
