For or against assisted suicide?
Assisted suicide (the person takes the substance themselves)…
- Legalise it: it's everyone's freedom
- Only in tightly regulated cases
- No: society must protect life to the very end
What's at stake: The debate pits the freedom to choose the moment to go against the risk of pressure on vulnerable people.
The left's argument
A lucid person at the end of life should be able to choose the moment to go.
The centre's argument
Only at the end of life, for lucid people, after several medical opinions.
The right's argument
The risk of pressure on the most vulnerable is too great. Palliative care is needed.
And you, where do you stand?
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