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Assisted Dying

Assisted dying is back in the news as a father of three ends his life at a clinic in Switzerland. Jeffrey Spector, who was 54 and from Lancashire, died on Friday following a...

Assisted dying is back in the news as a father of three ends his life at a clinic in Switzerland. Jeffrey Spector, who was 54 and from Lancashire, died on Friday following a six-year illness. He had an inoperable growth on his spine and faced being paralysed from the neck down. A local mother tells us why she now supports the move after watching her sons slow and painful death. Is it time to let people decide how and when they die, or is it still a step too far?

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