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Poll Shows Most British Doctors Oppose Assisted Suicide

A survey of 600 physicians in Britain found that 60% opposed a change in the law to legalize physician-assisted suicide while 19% indicated that they would be willing euthanize or assist the suicide of a patient. Ref. Source 6

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The British Government Has Essentially Legalized Assisted Suicide

In an astounding about face for the Crown Prosecution Service, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders (Pictured), has today rewritten her prosecution policy. Ref. Source 2

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Euthanasia Activist Starves Herself to Death to Promote Assisted Suicide

A long-term pro-euthanasia campaigner has starved herself to death over five weeks because she could not have her life ended legally. Ref. Source 9

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Mother Won Case to Kill Her Disabled Daughter By Starving Her to Death

The death by intentional dehydration of Nancy Fitzmaurice, a 12 year-old child with significant disabilities in the UK, is clearly a case of euthanasia by dehydration and not a case of withdrawing medical treatment. Ref. Source 3

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I have mixed feelings about doing these kinds of things but one thing is for sure they death should be more humane. To die of dehydration is a terrible way to suffer. Why not some injection or gas?

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British Assisted Suicide Campaigner Debbie Purdy Dies After Refusing to Eat

Debbie Purdy, who won a landmark legal case in the United Kingdom requiring the public prosecutor to issue guidelines when assisted suicide would be prosecuted, has died in hospice after refusing to eat. Ref. Source 8

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Scotland MSPs Making Biggest Push Ever to Legalize Assisted Suicide

In April, Margo Macdonald MSP passed away from Parkinson's disease after introducing the "Assisted Suicide Bill" in Scotland; and now the Scottish Parliament is claiming that it is their most "robust" piece of assisted suicide legislation. Ref. Source 6

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Judge Allows Daughter to Starve Her “Minimally Conscious” Disabled Mother to Death

A judge in England decided a landmark case Wednesday, ruling that doctors may stop providing food and water to a mother suffering from multiple sclerosis. The 68-year-old woman’s daughter said her mother was “minimally conscious” and “completely incapacitated,” according to The Daily Mail. Ref. Source 2h