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Has the assisted dying lobby considered the guillotine?

2 November 2024

9:00 AM

2 November 2024

9:00 AM

My young friend Dr Cajetan Skowkronski has helped me resolve a question that has been worrying me. Why do supporters of ‘assisted dying’ insist that the best method is a cocktail of pills (or intravenous injection)? Their prescription has an air of medical respectability, but this is not a medical process.

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