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Should doctors be allowed to help us end our lives?

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Should doctors be allowed to help us end our lives?

If a doctor helps Tony Nicklinson to end his life it will be murder. Tony Nicklinson sobbed yesterday when he heard the High Court ruling. You probably saw it on the news. How did it make you feel?

Tony Nicklinson can cry but he cannot talk or move. After seven years he has had enough. But is it selfish to try and change the law for his own benefit? Should the law be changed by parliament so people like Tony can be helped to die when they have had enough?

Imagine knowing your Dad wants to die - and seeing him sobbing on national television because he has been told he can't.

We speak to Lauren Nicklinson who supports her Dad's campaign for a doctor to be allowed to help him to end his life.

We hear your views and stories.

3 hours

Broadcast

  • Fri 17 Aug 2012 09:00