Legalising assisted dying is a contentious issue – with some arguing it would allow the terminally ill final control, while others say it could create a society in which suicide is normalised.
There is a lot at stake this week for Sophie Blake, a 52-year-old mother to a young adult, who was diagnosed with stage four cancer in May 2023. As MPs vote on whether to change the law to allow assisted dying, Sophie tells Sky News of the day her life changed. 'One night I woke up and as I turned I felt a sensation of something in my breast actually move, and it was deep,' she says, speaking from her home in Brighton. 'Something fluidy, a very odd sensation.
Disability rights advocate Lucy Webster warns that for people like Sophie to have that choice, others could face pressure to die. 'All around the world, if you look at places where the bill has been introduced, they've been broadened and broadened and broadened,' she tells Sky News. Lucy is referring to countries like Canada and Netherlands, where eligibility for assisted deaths have widened since laws allowing it were first passed.
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