UK assisted suicide: Views for and against
A terminally ill British man is expected to end his life at a Swiss clinic, following an announcement on his LinkedIn page.
Former company director Simon Binner, 57, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of Motor Neurone Disease in January.
His friends say he wanted a change in the law to allow the choice of an assisted death here in the UK rather than having to travel abroad.
Motor Neurone Disease sufferer Ian Pratt, 45, told the programme terminally ill people should have the right to end their life in the UK. However, that could be abused, according to Juliet Marlow, a campaigner for Not Dead Yet UK - disabled people who oppose the legalisation of assisted suicide here.
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