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Originally Posted by danielf
Erm ok. I see how that might have come across wrong. I apologise. What I meant to put across is that there are real people out there that are suffering in real life. It just strikes me as odd to deny these people what they want, on the off-chance that it might be abused in the future, when there is very little indication that it's being abused at present in countries that have legislated for it.
Surely, it must be possible to come up with a system with sufficient safeguards that will put the minds of those who are concerned about abuse at ease?
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I believe we have that system in place
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...icide-law.html
And my own view has changed over the years from being firmly against assisted suicide to not prosecuting in extreme cases mainly due to some of the stories you read about peoples suffering. What we don't want though and what I fear could happen is mentioned in the last few paragraphs of this article
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...de-clinic.html