Abandoning the Disabled to Assisted Suicide in the UK » Secondhand Smoke | A First Things Blog: Assisted suicide is still a crime in the UK. But the Public Prosecutor of England and Wales has stated that if, after a complete investigation, it is determined that family or others who assist suicides did it for an altruistic reason, there will be no prosecution. Indeed, the death could even by accomplished by the assister, and nothing will be done.
What is the message of that directive? That the assisted suicides of people with disabilities and serious illnesses don’t matter as much as those of others–so long as the motive is “compassion.” And now, police in Scotland have so absorbed that insidious message that at least in one case, they aren’t even bothering with the police investigation.
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