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Originally Posted by Russ
I don't think anyone would be reckless enough to suggest that watching a loved one in terminal pain is going to be easy especially if they're prepared to be allowed to die - I think this is reflected in the courts as IIRC there have been cases when the CPS have chosen to not go ahead when someone has admitted helping a spouse to die when in serious and untreatable pain. If it was someone close to me then obviously I would find it hard to disagree with assisted suicide and I truly sympathise with anyone in that position.
I don't think it is possible to totally safeguard against people with financial gain in mind when it comes to this. I'm not going to say it would be easy to pull the wool over peoples' eyes but how often do we hear of someone scamming and raiding an elderly person's savings when they had power of attorney over their affairs and were supposed to be looking after them? The jump from that to this is not a big one in my opinion even though it may turn out to be a rare occurrence. But even so, I am very uncomfortable with the notion of anyone assisting a death even if morally (and possibly legally) they are doing the 'right' thing.
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l respect your side of the discussion Russ but l still disagree with you on this.