Assisted dying is illegal in Britain. But next week, a bill proposing that terminally ill adults with less than six months to live have the option to end their lives early with medical assistance, is to be considered in the UK Parliament. Polls indicate that more than two-thirds of people in Britain support such a law. But some doctors and disability rights campaigners strongly disagree. The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports.
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