Assisted Suicide Issues Debated in Britain
June 2, 2009 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Across the Pond, Death, Exposed!
Swiss clinic Dignitis and the issue of assisted suicide have been in the British media spotlight lately, mainly due to a debate that is taking placing before the House of Lords.
This debate revolves around an old law and a new case. The old law, the 1961 Suicide Act bans assisted suicide in Britain and criminalises anyone who aids, abets, counsels or procures someone else’s suicide.
The new case - a 46-year-old woman with progressive multiple sclerosis who wants to travel abroad to die and wants to ensure her husband Omar Puente won’t be prosecuted if he helps her travel.
The law as it …read more
