The right to choose death
The majority of disabled people support liberalising the law on assisted suicide for those with a terminal illness
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/21/assisted-suicide-humanrights
"Where does Tom Shakespear get his information and facts from on AS?"
As Dennis (alias Clair Lewis) states on Facebook, this is after Gordon Brown publically stated he's is against AS, see link: "Brown 'totally against' laws allowing assisted suicide":-
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=51986276196&h=vvfvn&u=IrPnm
Dennis (alas Clair Lewis) response:-
"BRILLIANT NEWS! Let's hope this has some influence. We need to do another "equal right to life" demo soon as at the moment the only news on AS to be seen is people who want it, completely ignoring the majority who are deeply concerned about where it would lead. When disabled people in this country have their right to life and living enshrined in law then maybe there would be a space to discuss both assisted suicide and euthanasia.. but right now our lives have no protection already and this would be misused (see for example British prenatal abortion rates and DNR notices)"
"Tom, 'assisted-suicide' should never be viewed as a basic human right, until as Dennis (alas Clair Lewis) rightly states, that, all disabled people are given full equality, social and economic justice to the basic human rights and civil liberties to 'Assisted-Living', with 'informed-choices'."
FREEOURPEOPLE
Colin Revell (In Personal Capacity)
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