“Non incolpo mia moglie per aver potuto porre fine alla sua vita”

Case by case, I’m always in favour. But any time some rule gets momentum its exploited.

Here are my broad rules:

**As long** as a person can say in front of a court that they wish to, and are judged **not to be coerced**, **impaired** and of **sound mind and mental wellness outside of the cause**, I’m for it.

Those are strict rules that sadly will trap some people in hell. If you’re unable to say it, you can’t, if you were previously mentally unwell with ideation, you cant. If you’re in agony but insane, you can’t.

Horrors I’ve just described. But if there’s any wiggle room, UK is a big population, over the years, thousands of people will coerce or speak for someone into doing it maliciously to their own end.

You can find thousands of examples on any kind of protective or decision personal laws. Those laws need to be broad and vague, I think end of life while terminally ill needs to be narrow enough to push for court a lot of the time.

I haven’t seen a single good argument against a well-thought out implementation of assisted suicide, where it is known that the individual has not been coerced in any way, has what is considered to be a legitimate reason to want it (last resort, terminal illness, etc.) and is of sound enough mind to want it. I can’t think of any reason why it should be illegal in such cases.