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Euthanasia |
Thursday 5 June 2003 |
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There have been a number of moving stories in recent months where people suffering from a terminal illness have gone to Switzerland where they've been helped to commit suicide.
A number of people have asked why isn't it possible to do that here. Tomorrow Lord Joffe's Patient: Assisted Dying Bill will have its second reading in the House of Lords.
But it has not been welcomed by some sectors of the medical profession, religious communities and those representing disabled people.
Jane Campbell, a Commissioner for the Disability Rights Commission and Deborah Annetts, chief executive of the Voluntary Euthanasia Society join Jenni to discuss the implications.
Tell us your views
For more information please call the BBC Actionline on 0800 044 044.
BBC News: Bid to legalise assisted suicide
Voluntary Euthanasia Society
BBC News: Special Report - Euthanasia
Disability Rights CommissionDisclaimer
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