Kevin Yuill

The disturbing campaign to legalise assisted dying

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Assisted dying looks closer than ever to becoming law in the United Kingdom. Both the House of Lords and the Scottish parliament have recently discussed proposals for it and polling suggests eight out of ten people in Britain favour a change to the law. 

It is hard not to agree that people should have the option to end their lives.

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Kevin Yuill
Dr Kevin Yuill is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Sunderland and author of 'Assisted Suicide: The Humanist Case Against Legalisation'

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