Walthamstow, United Kingdom, Nov 27, 2024 (AFP) - 'Safer, kinder': assisted dying would help terminally ill

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2024-11-27

Ian Douglas, a London engineer and economist suffering from multiple sclerosis, secretly took his own life in February 2019, with his illness at an advanced stage. His son Anil, who has campaigned ever since to change the law to allow assisted dying in the UK, welcomes a vote in parliament on the issue this Friday. "If the bill had been in place when my father died, he could have had a much safer, kinder, more compassionate death," he told AFP. A......

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