Brittany Maynard, who had a terminal form of brain cancer, has received enormous support for her decision to die at a time of her own choice, surrounded by her family and friends. She found meaning in actively promoting the “right to die”, supported by Compassion and Choice, formerly the Hemlock society. By coincidence, at the time she was planning to die, I was at an Anscombe Bioethics Centre conference in London: Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: Lessons from Belgium. The programme included both pro- and anti- euthanasia advocates. Interestingly, they agreed on a number of issues, such as that the law is being “stretched” to accommodate cases never intended to fall within its scope. They...
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