MS sufferer Debbie Purdy lost her landmark case on Wednesday on legal assisted suicide. The 45-year-old went to the Royal High Courts in an attempt to guarantee her husband wouldn’t be prosecuted if he travelled abroad with her to aid her death. Her case was rejected, meaning she now has to take the trip to Switzerland alone. More than 90 families have journeyed with relatives overseas, where assisted suicide is legal. Although none have been prosecuted, Mrs Purdy wanted assurance that her husband wouldn’t be condemned.
There is much debate to be had on this sensitive subject. Beryl Smith, 82, a retired voluntary worker from Endfield Road in Moordown commented: “I don’t think he should be prosecuted, she should have her husband there with her in her dying moments.”
Oliver Kasmir, 18, agrees: “People should be able to choose what they want to do; if she wa
nts her husband there, he should be there. It’s meant to be a free world after all.” The hospitality management student said that if her husband wasn’t allowed to travel, then Mrs Purdy may suffer more heartache: “The government shouldn’t be able to dictate what people can do with their lives.”
Mr and Mrs Eaton, NHS workers from Corhampton Road in Christchurch, took an alternative view, both firmly disagreeing with assisted suicide in general. Mrs Eaton, a 54-year-old nurse said: “It’s not our right to choose whether we live or die” and her husband, a 59-year-old paramedic agreed declaring “It should be illegal abroad, as well as here.”
Some people are in doubt on the distressing subject, Lucy Jones, 20 said: “She should be able to do what she wants, God gave us free will, then again, maybe she should let life take its natural course.” A friend of the Law student, Lauren Graimes, 18, agreed saying: “It’s God’s decision when we die, not ours.”
Andrew Davis, 68, didn’t have a strong view either way. The retired insurance manager from Cardiff commented it was a “personal choice” for each human being and that it was “down to each individual’s situation”. Whereas, James Dunkin, a 24-year-old retail worker from Wimborne Road, was adamant that everyone should have their own choice: “that’s what makes us human.”
Mother of three, Linda Wallis said: “It is not law in this country to allow people to assist suicides. My personal feeling is that if a person is dying an awful death then someone should be allowed to help them end their life when they choose.” The 57-year old cook from Frost Road, Kinson added: “Why should terminally ill patients’ families have to watch them suffer in pain and die an awful death?”
So, overall, the feelings on assisted suicide are varied, however the strong consensus is that everyone should have their own choice when it comes to death.
There is much debate to be had on this sensitive subject. Beryl Smith, 82, a retired voluntary worker from Endfield Road in Moordown commented: “I don’t think he should be prosecuted, she should have her husband there with her in her dying moments.”
Oliver Kasmir, 18, agrees: “People should be able to choose what they want to do; if she wa
nts her husband there, he should be there. It’s meant to be a free world after all.” The hospitality management student said that if her husband wasn’t allowed to travel, then Mrs Purdy may suffer more heartache: “The government shouldn’t be able to dictate what people can do with their lives.”Mr and Mrs Eaton, NHS workers from Corhampton Road in Christchurch, took an alternative view, both firmly disagreeing with assisted suicide in general. Mrs Eaton, a 54-year-old nurse said: “It’s not our right to choose whether we live or die” and her husband, a 59-year-old paramedic agreed declaring “It should be illegal abroad, as well as here.”
Some people are in doubt on the distressing subject, Lucy Jones, 20 said: “She should be able to do what she wants, God gave us free will, then again, maybe she should let life take its natural course.” A friend of the Law student, Lauren Graimes, 18, agreed saying: “It’s God’s decision when we die, not ours.”
Andrew Davis, 68, didn’t have a strong view either way. The retired insurance manager from Cardiff commented it was a “personal choice” for each human being and that it was “down to each individual’s situation”. Whereas, James Dunkin, a 24-year-old retail worker from Wimborne Road, was adamant that everyone should have their own choice: “that’s what makes us human.”
Mother of three, Linda Wallis said: “It is not law in this country to allow people to assist suicides. My personal feeling is that if a person is dying an awful death then someone should be allowed to help them end their life when they choose.” The 57-year old cook from Frost Road, Kinson added: “Why should terminally ill patients’ families have to watch them suffer in pain and die an awful death?”
So, overall, the feelings on assisted suicide are varied, however the strong consensus is that everyone should have their own choice when it comes to death.
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