In May 2006, a bill to legalise medically assisted suicide in the UK was defeated in the House of Lords by 148 votes to 100. In recent years, more than 40 British people are thought to have travelled to Switzerland for assisted suicides. Here’s a link to an article on one of the high-profile cases, a doctor called Anne Turner.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4625538.stm
What do you think? Would you like to see assisted suicide made legal here in Portugal?
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
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