The Right to Die debate

[Saint Toppy]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34208624

 

With the right to die debate going on in parliament today. If you were an MP which way would you vote ?

 

Personally i'm in favour of a change in the law to allow people to take their own lives rather than face an agonising & painful death from a terminal disease.

 

People are already doing it by going to Switzerland but this is only open if you have the financial means.

As long as the patient is of sound mind, can administer the drugs themselves and get the approval of the coutrs and a medical professional, why shouldn't they have the right to end their life, surely its their decision to make ?

[Bedford Roughyed]

I'd vote for a change to the law.

[Tiny Tim]

I would vote for the right to die. Obviously with strict enforcement and oversight but I think people should have this choice.

[RidingPie]

My mum has MS and has talked about this quite a lot. As painful as it is I would also vote for a change in the law, as long as it included soundness of mind checks etc.

[Saintslass]

I think a change in the law with the accountabilities mentioned already would be a vast improvement on the murky mess we have at the moment.

[gingerjon]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34208624

 

With the right to die debate going on in parliament today. If you were an MP which way would you vote ?

 

Personally i'm in favour of a change in the law to allow people to take their own lives rather than face an agonising & painful death from a terminal disease.

 

People are already doing it by going to Switzerland but this is only open if you have the financial means.

As long as the patient is of sound mind, can administer the drugs themselves and get the approval of the coutrs and a medical professional, why shouldn't they have the right to end their life, surely its their decision to make ?

 

There will be people who cannot administer the drugs themselves - quite possibly for reasons linked to why they want to die.

[Bedford Roughyed]

Right to Die Bill rejected after a free vote.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34208624?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central

[Saint Toppy]

Very dissapointing. As it says in the report it appears many MP's are out of step with public opinion on this

[Griff9of13]

Very dissapointing. As it says in the report it appears many MP's are out of step with public opinion on this

 

They may not have been against the principle of assisted dying but the way in which the bill was drafted. Some of the comments in the BBC link seem to suggest that. Without reading the bill in its entirety it's hard to say whether they are right. 

[JohnM]

I watched the first hour of the debate and it was quite illuminating. Kier Starmer in particular made a  huge contribution. Should be on iplayer soon http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06bnjfx

 

I'm against it, by the way, though I also believe there is no right answer.

 

In terms of  "many MP's are out of step with public opinion on this", that is not why there are there. If it were, we would have significantly lower immigration, and may still have the death penalty and might even leave the EU.