Compassion and assisted suicide

WEEK 3
Compassion
Compassion and assisted suicide

If compassion really is crucial and central should we not legalize assisted suicide in Britain? As I write, this question is being frequently asked in newspapers, magazines and on television. For some years Dignity in Dying (in the past it was called The Voluntary Euthanasia Society) has campaigned in the media on behalf of those wishing to change the current law. Very properly this organization has brought a succession of tragic cases to public attention and argued consistently that a change in law is required on compassionate grounds...