Tony Nicklinson, who suffers from locked-in syndrome, has lost his High Court case to be allowed the legal right to end his life when he chooses with a doctor’s help.
Despite the fact that Nicklinson has described his life as intolerable, the judges have decided anyone who assists him in ending his life whether it’s a doctor or family member, would be at real risk of prosecution.
I don’t agree with this ruling one little bit, in my view there’s only one person who should be deciding when his life should end and that is Tony Nicklinson, not three healthy judges sitting on a bench who have no idea what he's going through.
I just don’t get how they could deny a man who they can see is clearly suffering the right to end his life when he wants, and not be forced to suffer unnecessarily for who knows how long.
Why don’t we bring our laws into the 21st century and follow the likes of the Swiss in allowing people to decide for themselves when they want to end their suffering, I hope that he appeals and if he does I hope common sense prevails and he wins.
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