Ann and Geoffrey Hailey - compassion is NOT a crime

Jane, the system you outlined for Canada is one that should be brought into the UK.
I really do not understand why it is that I have so many rights to make decisions for my life, but none when it comes to the manner of my death.
Nobody is saying that any form of Assisted suicide or Euthanasia should be, in any way, compulsory or even offered. Those opposed to it, have full right to stay alive with whatever palliative care they can access.
However, they should not have the right to deny me the right to decide when I wish to end my life and wish to end it in a dignified manner.
All the arguments used against this are so similar to the ones used against pregnancy terminations.
For myself, I have no fear of being dead, but have a very real and constant fear of the process of dying in this country.

Franbern- with you 100% x

Franbern and jura2. I agree with you both. I do wish somebody would take the initiative and start lobbying for this in the U.K. Since my original post we are trying to support our lovely daughter-in-law who is going through hell trying to care for her father who is in the last stages of mesothelioma. He can’t speak any more and has indicated that all he wants is to go to sleep and not wake up but there is no way his children can help him other than try to make him more comfortable. It is heartbreaking.