Michael Irwin | Assisted Dying SHOULD be legalised

Michael Irwin gives his argument FOR the motion of the legalisation of Assisted Dying.

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As the last speaker on the proposition Michael Irwin begins by saying he himself would be interested in the option to have a doctor assisted suicide. He mentions he has accompanied people to Dignitas in Switzerland two of which were terminally ill and had dignified deaths, another was a man who was severely disabled and the last was a personal friend of his with progressive arthritis. He says that this isn't an issue of law but one of a human right. He states that the opposition says that this is a slippery slope, but this is a good slippery slope that will allow the terminally ill, the disabled and the elderly to have comfort in a choice to end their life on their own terms. He concludes that when you think about it, good palliative care is an example of doctor assisted dying.

Filmed on Thursday 18th October 2012

MOTION: THIS HOUSE WOULD LEGALISE ASSISTED DYING

Speakers in Proposition:

Professor Grayling

Richard Ottaway MP

Michael Irwin

Speakers in opposition:

Lord Alton

Baroness Finlay

Rober Preston

RESULT: THE MOTION WAS CARRIED

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