Doctors should be allowed to help terminally ill patients kill themselves – but only if they have less than a year to live, under proposals published in a major report today.
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January 5th, 2012
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January 5th, 2012
On Thursday, Lord Falconer will launch his Commission on Assisted Dying. The Commission, which includes several well known figures including the controversial former head of the Metropolitan Police Ian Blair, masquerades as independent, but it is anything but.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2082255/Lord-Falconer-sham-Commission-lead-13-000-deaths-year.html#ixzz1iawrxTNC
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January 5th, 2012
OVER the last few years we have seen case after case of people travelling abroad for help to die - most recently Geraldine McClelland, former producer of BBC's Crimewatch, who was dying from cancer - and we often hear of people attempting to end their lives at home and people suffering terribly because of a lack of choice at the end of life.
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January 5th, 2012
In the northwest American state, “physician-assisted suicide” has been legal since 1997. Doctors are allowed to prescribe a lethal dose of medication to local residents who are over 18, “mentally competent” and likely to die of a terminal disease within six months.
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January 5th, 2012
A report sponsored by the former Euthanasia Society was never going to come to any other conclusion: it recommends that assisted dying should be legalised.
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January 5th, 2012
There are many who consider their lives no longer worth living. Yet it's fraudulent to ignore the part we all play in those feelings.
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January 5th, 2012
There is a "strong case" for allowing assisted suicide for people who are terminally ill in England and Wales, according to a report by a group of experts.
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January 5th, 2012
Voices from across the political spectrum agree that Christian political engagement is an urgent need for Europe.
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January 5th, 2012
Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali has always been courageous. In a Church better known for its mild manners and timid stances, he has struck Anglicans and others as a bold voice.
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January 5th, 2012
Britain’s Chief Rabbi, Dr Jonathan Sacks, is retiring next year. Lord Sacks (as has been noted here before) has proved a courageous and inspiring religious leader. His successor will have to live up to his reputation –while facing an ever more serious challenge: the growth of anti-semitism.