Florida state has a statute on its books that states “every person deliberately assisting another in the commission of self-murder shall be guilty of manslaughter, a felony of the second degree”.
Self-murder is a term I have not come across before and is an offensive expression for the decision to take your own life.
There is a bill to be debated in the UK parliament on 15 November which proposes a change in the law to facilitate assisted dying for adults with a terminal illness.
Esther Ranzen has stage 4 lung cancer and is leading a campaign to change the law.
For further information this website puts the case in favour of assisted dying.
There are opponents to the bill such as Liz Carr, a disability rights campaigner, who feel that this could herald a broader relaxation of the law, putting pressure on people with disabilities to consider ending their lives early.
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