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Originally Posted by AdamD
Ah, quite right.
I didn't even know people could apply for such a thing for mental illnesses.
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Course you didn't, most people don't either, imo it's a prime example of why we shouldn't allow this genie out of the bottle, first of all it's passed and the strictest of safe guards are in place protecting all but the most terminally ill, then it's watered down a little so those in coma's can killed, then a bit more so the mentally ill can participate, then a little more so the
elderly but healthyish can join in and years down the line it's open to all.
Another thing I'm sure most people don't know is that living wills are now legally being used to assist suicide in this country, was that what they were brought in and designed for, of course it isn't.
It is believed to be the first time a so-called "living will" has been used to legally aid someone's suicide.
Kerrie Wooltorton, who suffered depression over an inability to have children, was rushed to hospital by ambulance from her flat in Norwich after swallowing car anti-freeze fluid.
http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/15396677