From today, a series of essays on assisted dying with contributions from Guernsey, Britain, Canada, Switzerland and Belgium #OpenFuture https://econ.st/2Bu7QxO pic.twitter.com/RrVEceuP1l
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From today, a series of essays on assisted dying with contributions from Guernsey, Britain, Canada, Switzerland and Belgium #OpenFuture https://econ.st/2Bu7QxO pic.twitter.com/RrVEceuP1l
"In a liberal democracy we don't try and dictate how people should live so why does society try to dictate how people should die?" @HonSFletcher contributes to our assisted dying series #OpenFuture https://econ.st/2BsIhx3 pic.twitter.com/1LH5e8Cr47
"I know my side of the argument requires prolonging some people's suffering in order to avoid the early death of others," writes @emilieyerby in our series on assisted dying #OpenFuture https://econ.st/2BugcWt pic.twitter.com/h9hPuNlB39
Britain lags behind lawmakers overseas and public opinion at home on assisted dying. Former lord chancellor Charles Falconer adds to our series #OpenFuture https://econ.st/2MEdu4P pic.twitter.com/hCiDfuXqpE
Ellen Wiebe is a doctor who has assisted 150 deaths under Canadian law. As part of our series on assisted dying she makes the case for ensuring patients get a good death #OpenFuture https://econ.st/2MI3veI pic.twitter.com/OsSzumdLcq
There is no convincing evidence that the existing criminal law relating to assisted dying is dysfunctional or oppressive, argues Ilora Finlay, a doctor and peer #OpenFuture https://econ.st/2PrbE5O pic.twitter.com/jzReCtKuBW
In most Western liberal democracies patients cannot ask doctors to hasten death. Bernhard Sutter argues for legalising assisted dying #OpenFuture https://econ.st/2Pvv7SV pic.twitter.com/Pe6ZRaJ1ZA
Opposition to assisted dying is not inherently religious, argues @historykev, an atheist, in the latest viewpoint in our series #OpenFuture https://econ.st/2wnuEd4 pic.twitter.com/Y0FPZfEOcm
If I judge my own life to hold nothing more than prolonged suffering, of both me and my loved ones watching me suffer, then I see it as utterly misguided, weak and cruel to not grant _my_ wish to end my _own_ life.
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