Doctors providing drugs for patients to use to deliberately end their lives, is now legal in a range of jurisdictions around the world and the subject of regular campaigning in Britain. While most religious groups have historically opposed its legalisation, there is a growing movement of people arguing for its introduction on the grounds of faith.
Tim Wyatt hosts this Religion Media Centre media briefing, with guests:
- Rabbi Jonathan Romain, founder of Inter-faith leaders for Dignity in Dying
- Liz Slade, Chief Officer for the Unitarians
- Sarah Foot, a doctor who writes for the Christian Medical Fellowship
- Dr Hina Shahid, Muslim Doctors Association
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Religion Media Centre Factsheet:
Assisted suicide — doctors providing drugs for patients to use to deliberately end their lives — is now legal in a range of jurisdictions around the world and the subject of regular campaigning in Britain. While most religious groups have historically opposed its legalisation, there is a growing movement of people arguing for its introduction on the grounds of faith.
