The new report on assisted suicide adds to our knowledge, it does not make the case for changing the law

This report is a welcome and comprehensive discussion of the issue of assisted suicide and euthanasia in the UK and around the world. It contains up-to-date information about areas where the practice is legal and discussions in the UK. It is even-handed and fair. Perhaps because of its fair-minded response to a very difficult and complex discussion, the report makes no recommendations that the law change. This has predictably provoked the ire of some of the celebrity endorsers of assisted suicide. Those celebrities might also object to the laudably honest use of the term “assisted suicide” alongside “assisted dying”. Crusading … Continue reading The new report on assisted suicide adds to our knowledge, it does not make the case for changing the law