Four years after the then Director of Public Prosecutions published his criteria for prosecuting in instances of assisted suicide, Peers last week locked horns over the merits and demerits of the guidelines.
The RCGP maintains its strong opposition to any change in the law to allow 'assisted dying' following 'one of the most comprehensive consultations the College has ever undertaken'
Charles Foster, who this week made CNK's intervention in the Supreme Court assisted suicide appeals, puts the current Belgian child euthanasia debate in perspective.
'Disabled people, elderly people, adults made vulnerable by terminal and other illnesses, and now children are being told that their lives are not worth living.'
A debate at University College London on Monday night allowed the core principles of the debate on assisted suicide to be addressed - and by a distinguished cast.
