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    Home - Health - The assisted dying debate: Charles Falconer and the Observer’s Sonia Sodha tackle the issues
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    The assisted dying debate: Charles Falconer and the Observer’s Sonia Sodha tackle the issues

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    The assisted dying debate: Charles Falconer and the Observer’s Sonia Sodha tackle the issues

    The assisted dying debate: Charles Falconer and the Observer’s Sonia Sodha tackle the issues

    Last week’s launch of a historic private member’s bill set off an impassioned nationwide discourse in the UK. Here, the Observer’s chief leader writer discusses the big talking points with the former lord chancellor

    Charles Falconer: The current law has been abandoned. The director of public prosecutions (DPP) will not prosecute those motivated by compassion as long as they are not healthcare professionals, despite the fact they are committing a crime to which they have no defence, with a maximum of 14 years in prison.

    This half-law brings unnecessary suffering. People fear death because they cannot control its timing or form, and the medical profession can’t help. People go to Switzerland to die earlier than they want, often alone. Those who cannot afford or do not have the energy to go to Switzerland take steps like hoarding pills to take their own lives, often alone to protect their loved ones.

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    The assisted dying debate: Charles Falconer and the Observer’s Sonia Sodha tackle the issues

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    David Pike is an experienced news journalist with over 20 years experience as a UK News editor for WTX News and other news publications.

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