To think people with terminal illnesses should be allowed to choose assisted death?

I think people should have the choice. It’s what I would want if I was in agony and wanted a swift end to a long and painful road.

On the face of it I agree.

There are so many issues though and probably too much to work through.

At what stage would this be allowed? If it's someone with dementia, for example, and they decide they want this early on, then get worse and say they don't, what happens?

Very often people who would choose assisted dying aren't in any state to make medical decisions, so do we allow families to make the choice?

When would we allow this? With a year to live? 6 months? 3 months?

How can we be sure there's no pressure from families?

When we say terminally ill do we just mean physically? There have been cases where people with mental illnesses have been allowed, or people with life long illnesses that cause pain etc.

There's so much to unpick before we can vote this in.

People always point to Canada as an example of fucking it up. And they have. But Switzerland have been operating this for decades with very effective safeguards. I don’t want to have to die even earlier because I want some dignity in dying but have to be well enough to travel to Switzerland to make it happen (plus the cost).

I would extend it to any progressive illness with no cure. If I am diagnosed with dementia or muscular dystrophy I want to be able to choose the point when life is no longer worth it for me.

So because someone is terminal, they should just die straight away? How about actually providing quality end of life care?

As soon as you allow AD for one group of people, you have begun the slippery slope. Take a look at the likes of Canada to see where that slope leads.

Yanbu, I hope it’s something that comes to be an option.

You know how we don't allow capital punishment because of the risk of one innocent person being killed? Same with this, the risk of people being pressured into it, being afraid of being a burden, is too high for me. Furthermore, it's too 'easy' for medical professionals/the government to resort to rather than provide decent palliative care.

Of course it should be an option . I don't understand this life at all costs viewpoint, surely quality of life is as if not more important