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The Sunday Debate: Assisted Dying Should Be Legalised

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Is There a Difference Between State Laws and Safeguards?

In most countries, permission to help some and i is revoked if there is a hint of coercion. There information about safety is collected on a fall filled in by the physician who wrote the lethal prescription after the persons dead. I think there is a world of difference between state, straightforward conditions that sound very nice on paper and producing safeguards that really do stand up to the pressure of the real world. The six-month prognosis makes legislation more palatable, perhaps, but certainly it is completely floored as a safeguard. It's arbitrary. Andi know from a decade of being asked frequently, how long have you got doctor?

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