Death Contract
The UK has developed a treaty on euthanasia
The contract is part of the draft law "On assisted retirement".
The draft legislation was developed by the famous British politician Lord Charles Leslie Falconer, who has been trying to make euthanasia legal in the UK since 2009 – in accordance with the law adopted in 1961, any assistance in suicide is considered a criminal offense and is punishable by imprisonment for up to 14 years.
According to the document, only terminally ill people who, according to doctors' forecasts, have no more than six months left to live can ask for euthanasia. Such a person should be able to independently take a lethal dose of medication without assistance and should be mentally healthy. His statement is considered legitimate if the document was signed by two doctors and a witness.
The bill submitted to the Parliament for consideration excludes that elderly people with dementia or patients with the locked-in syndrome will be able to use the right to euthanasia. It was the passing away of one of the sufferers of this syndrome – 58-year-old Tony Nicklinson, who was denied assisted suicide by the High Court of Great Britain, that caused a public outcry. After receiving the court's decision, Nicklinson, who had suffered from the locked-in syndrome for a total of seven years, refused to eat and died of pneumonia six days later. His death forced representatives of the British Ministry of Health to declare the need to revise the laws on euthanasia.
Three quarters of adults in England and Wales support Lord Falconer's law – these are the results of a survey conducted by YouGov. However, the lord is opposed by members of the Pro-Life movement and advocates for the rights of the disabled, who believe that if the law is passed, these poorly protected people will be forced to end their lives. According to the authors of the project, the need for the signature of two doctors excludes such cases.
France is also preparing to allow euthanasia – in February 2013, the National Ethics Advisory Committee approved euthanasia to end long-term suffering and unbearable pain. Now the relevant bill will be considered by the French Parliament.
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