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(BBC) St Annes businessman Jeffrey Spector dies of assisted suicide in Switzerland
In England and Wales, the Suicide Act 1961 makes it an offence to encourage or assist a suicide or a suicide attempt.
Former Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer said he would attempt to reintroduce a bill that would allow assisted dying in the UK.
He said it was “completely wrong” that terminally ill people did not have the option to end their life.
“Whatever your take on the subject, it should be debated,” Lord Falconer told the BBC.
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