The son of a woman who took her own life with the help of doctors at a Swiss clinic has spoken out on the legislation surrounding assisted dying.
Andrew Squires, from Southport, along with his brother Peter, travelled to Switzerland with their 67-year-old mum, Glenys Porter, where she underwent an assisted death at Dignitas. Glenys spent 10 years prior to her death battling the advanced stages of Huntington's disease, a neurological disorder which robs sufferers of their ability to walk, talk or swallow.
The decision for the former jeweller to travel to Switzerland, where assisted dying is legal, came after she tried to take her life a number of times. With no hope of a cure, she travelled to Zurich where doctors provided Glenys with drugs with which to end her life.
