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Originally Posted by danielf
I think you're being overly dramatic here. Firstly, the law hasn't been changed. Only parliament can do that, and parliament didn't. The law has been interpreted by a judge in an area where it wasn't clear, and parliament hasn't moved to legislate against the new interpretation. In fact, reading more about it, the option of assisted suicide for emotional suffering was floated when the law was discussed in parliament. It was then pretty much decided to pass the law and leave the interpretation of this specific aspect to a judge, so parliament pretty much left the option open. Either way, the opening of this 'Pandora's box' will end where parliament wants it to. At present, the balance seems about right to me.
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Already in this thread we have examples of government advisors advocating licencing to "put people down", the mentally ill being assisted and suicide kits through the post so I don't think it melodramatic to suggest if we had such a law it'd be watered down in no time at all.