There have been developments in the area concerning whether people who assist their loved ones, that is accompany them to a foreign country where they can arrange their own death, will no longer be liable to prosecution here in the UK. Suicide still remains illegal in the UK. Personally I don’t agree with suicide and that is because of my religious beliefs. People will say, ‘Why shouldn’t anyone be allowed to commit suicide if they are suffering pain or severe disability from an incurable ailment’? I guess it is because the majority rule and whatever laws have been passed are there for the benefit of the majority. Do you consider this fair? Should we, as a country, give way to the desires of the minority when they conflict with those of the rest? It wasn’t that long ago that laws were passed to protect the rights of the transgendered amonst us and those who are ‘gay’. No doubt there are many other examples. Is suicide going too far?
Shirley Anne
