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A licence to kill - the slippery slope of 'assisted dying'

Euthanasia’s development in Holland and Belgium is a cautionary tale for those considering the idea here

29 August 2015

9:00 AM

29 August 2015

9:00 AM

A couple of years ago I contacted Holland’s top pro-euthanasia organisation. Our House of Lords looks likely to approve a bill legalising euthanasia here, I told them. ‘Very exciting!’ came the reply.

Next month Parliament will again be discussing ‘assisted dying’, and although the tone of the British debate is not yet quite like the Dutch one, a shift in tone has undoubtedly occurred.

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