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by Krago
Rated: E · Book · News · #2247543
Gathered from international media sources. April 2021- Your revues/comments are welcome
These are news/opinion items which caught my eye.

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1 April 2021

Assisted dying inquiry essential, leading brain surgeon says

One of the UK's leading brain surgeons, who has advanced prostate cancer, has said an inquiry into assisted dying is "absolutely essential".

Henry Marsh, a retired neurosurgeon and bestselling author, received his diagnosis six months ago.

He has supported a call by politicians for the government to hold an inquiry.

The Care Not Killing alliance, which opposes assisted dying, said the law protected the vulnerable "from being pressured into ending their lives".

Mr Marsh is backing a group of more than 50 MPs and peers who have written a joint letter to Justice Secretary Robert Buckland, arguing the UK's laws on assisted dying have fallen behind the rest of the world.

Currently, assisting a suicide is a crime in England and Wales and is punishable by up to 14 years in jail.

Intentionally helping another person to kill themselves is known as assisted suicide - this can include buying someone a ticket to Switzerland - where assisted suicide is legal - to end their life.

Signatories of the letter include politicians who previously voted against changing the law.

The letter was organised by Humanists UK, which Mr Marsh is an advocate of, and campaign group My Death, My Decision, of which he is a patron.

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Speaking publicly for the first time about his own cancer diagnosis, Mr Marsh said he felt "deeply shocked and terribly frightened and upset" as it "gradually dawned on him how serious the situation was".

The surgeon said in the past he had in "theory" been an advocate of assisted dying in "one form or another" but said he hadn't thought it might one day apply to him.

"It is extraordinarily difficult to think about your own death," he said.

The 71-year-old, who is due to start radiotherapy treatment in a few months' time, believes "something should be done to change the law in this country".

"My own suspicion as to why the opponents to assisted dying oppose a public inquiry is they fear that actually the evidence is so strong that their hypothetical arguments against it don't hold water, that they will lose the debate," he said.

'Ability to choose'
Humanists UK's chief executive Andrew Copson said he was "deeply sorry" to hear about Mr Marsh's diagnosis.

"The ability to choose how, where, and when we die is a fundamental freedom, which cuts across party political and ideological lines," he added.

"In coming together to demand an inquiry, Henry and the lawmakers who have signed this letter have put the voices of the terminally ill and incurably suffering at the centre of the debate."

#16. UN urges UK government to ban 'chilling' conversion therapy
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#15. Salisbury poisoning agents 'linked to Czech blast'
ID #1008700 entered on April 18, 2021 at 3:13am
#14. The life and death of Dame Shirley Williams
ID #1008417 entered on April 12, 2021 at 8:51pm
#13. False jobs creation claims by US White House
ID #1008332 entered on April 11, 2021 at 1:55pm
#12. New attack on Iran's nuclear facility
ID #1008331 entered on April 11, 2021 at 1:29pm
#11. Record $2.75bn fine for Alibaba
ID #1008196 entered on April 10, 2021 at 8:26pm
#10. Duke of Edinburgh dies aged 99
ID #1008098 entered on April 9, 2021 at 12:05pm
#9. US to restore financial aid to Palestinians
ID #1007986 entered on April 7, 2021 at 8:38pm
#8. Hong Kong citizens to be given 'support' to come to UK
ID #1007985 entered on April 7, 2021 at 8:29pm
#7. The Kingdom of Jordan
ID #1007926 entered on April 7, 2021 at 5:54am
#6. Harvey Weinstein
ID #1007841 entered on April 5, 2021 at 9:52pm
#5. Cambridge win boat race for 3rd consecutive year
ID #1007748 entered on April 4, 2021 at 6:38pm
#4. Jordan's Prince Hamzah bin Hussein 'under house arrest'
ID #1007700 entered on April 3, 2021 at 7:53pm
#3. Blood clots and Astra Zeneca vaccine
ID #1007622 entered on April 2, 2021 at 6:46pm
#2. Israel and the West Bank
ID #1007608 entered on April 2, 2021 at 2:30pm
#1. Sharon Stone's Memoirs
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