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Why should i have to suffer? and the answer they come up with is, "well, because other vulnerable people will be bullied or pressurised into applying for assisted dying if it was legal in this country." yes, let's just be clear on the terms here. you talk of assisted dying. the word i associate with this is "euthanasia". are they very much the same thing? well, euthanasia got a bad name because of the nazis�* euthanasia policy with disabled people in the 1930s. so, the phrase people use nowadays is assisted dying or doctor— or physician—assisted suicide. and it comes... which is, sorry t...

Colombian dies publicly under new euthanasia policy

Patient felt, you couldn't do the work, you know? you'd be so over—invested emotionally? exactly — but to find that balance is very difficult. but what concerns me most of all now is if... you know, we don't have legal assisted dying in this country — many other countries do, and if there's time, we can talk about that later. but it is quite likely, if i am unlucky, that i will suffer quite a lot when i'm dying. i may not, if my suicide kit works. but why should i have to suffer? because, you know, the opponents of assisted dying in this country are a very vociferous minority of palliati...

And the answer they come up with is, "well, because other vulnerable people will be bullied or pressurised into applying for assisted dying if it was legal in this country." yes, let's just be clear on the terms here. you talk of assisted dying. the word i associate with this is "euthanasia". are they very much the same thing? well, euthanasia got a bad name because of the nazis' euthanasia policy with disabled people in the 1930s. so, the phrase people use nowadays is assisted dying or doctor— or physician—assisted suicide. and it comes... which is, sorry to interrupt, but... it is euthan...

This as funny or enraging? >> in between, we know there is conservative people and people oppose our euthanasia policy and that's fine, but the problem is if they start lying and this is just such a distortion of what goes on in holland, people are quite upset about it. when bill o'reilly says something it's fine. this guy who may get the nomination says it, people are worried if this is the view that americans have of us. >> is it also worry that somebody running for an office as important as president could lie so blatantly? >> people ask me on my twitter, do shouldn't he have his facts stra...