“This is such a vital life and death issue, one that we the public care desperately about,” Rantzen said in a public letter.
Bill to legalize assisted dying in England and Wales faces heated parliamentary debate
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Esther Rantzen, the founder of a British children’s charity who has advanced lung cancer, encouraged people to write to their local member of Parliament, saying “all we are asking for is the right to choose.” Rantzen said in the absence of a legal way to end her life in Britain, she plans to travel to Switzerland, where assisted suicide is legal for foreigners.
New U.K. bill aiming to legalize assisted dying for people who are terminally ill
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