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DIGNITAS reported to the House of Commons Inquiry into Assisted Dying and said they had helped 540 Britons take their lives and that “it’s about time” to legalise assisted dying in Britain.
With these figures and other evidence, it can’t be made any clearer that assisted deaths are already happening. But with these services being abroad and costing thousands of pounds, many simply can’t afford to use the services of Dignitas, and those who can pay may find they are too poorly to travel, leaving both groups in an agonising situation.
So, yet again, the question being posed is: should we be doing something about this and allowing assisted deaths in this country? Can we make a law that would bring what is already happening into the open, where it can be properly documented, with protection from any potential abuse and prosecutions?
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