Debates in the Council of Europe

We are debating “living wills” in the Council of Europe. I said they were a first step in a long campaign to legalise euthanasia. In the Council of Europe, unlike Westminster, pro-lifers can still win votes. So we inserted a strong amendment saying that whatever the future of living wills, euthanasia and ‘assisted dying’ or ‘encouraged exit’ as I call it should continue to be banned. We will never give up arguing that however old, “useless”, or crippled you are, you have as much right to full medical help as the rest of us.