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Ethical dilemmas raised by the assisted dying bill

Letters: Dr Sarah Davies, Sarah McCulloch, Jean Farrer and Charlie King respond to articles on the progress of the bill and the role of hospices

The Guardian - UK

Dignitas founder dies by assisted suicide days before 93rd birthday

Minelli founded the Dignitas organisation in 1998 after decades working as a journalist and lawyer

The Independent UK

Dignitas founder ends his own life through assisted death

Ludwig Minelli, whose work had lasting influence on Swiss law, dies just days before his 93rd birthday

The Guardian - UK

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Dame Esther Rantzen gives heartbreaking update on cancer battle as she admits she's celebrating Christmas early so there's 'more chance I'll be alive'

The TV veteran is planning an early Christmas with her loved ones

Evening Standard

Esther Rantzen plans early Christmas to give her chance of being ‘alive’ for it

The Childline founder and former broadcaster was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in January 2023.

Evening Standard

Widow who took husband to Dignitas tells peers law must change

A special scrutiny committee is to begin on Wednesday on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

The Independent UK

Woman investigated over husband’s use of assisted dying clinic wanted to argue case in court

Louise Shackleton says current law is traumatising families and she wanted jury to assess her innocence

The Guardian - UK

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UK woman who travelled with husband to assisted dying clinic will not face charges

Louise Shackleton faced ‘excruciating pressure’ while awaiting decision of CPS, which said prosecution not in public interest

The Guardian - UK

Esther Rantzen says she will go to Dignitas to die alone as she makes desperate plea

Esther Rantzen has said she will go to Dignitas to die alone as she made a desperate plea to the government

The Independent UK

MP behind assisted dying Bill rejects Theresa May’s ‘cover-up’ claim

The Lords was debating the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill for the first time on Friday.

Evening Standard

Dame Esther Rantzen: I am making arrangements to travel alone to Dignitas

The Childline founder is among the high-profile critics of the current law, branding it ‘cruel’.

Evening Standard

Voices: My husband wanted to go to Dignitas: the new assisted dying bill wouldn’t have helped him

COMMENT: As the right-to-die legislation passes its final Commons hurdle, Mary Dejevsky explains how it falls far short of helping those who might have been pinning their hopes on it, namely people like her late partner with chronic progressive conditions such as Parkinson’s disease

The Independent UK

Dame Esther Rantzen shares emotional final wish as she faces 'limited' time amid cancer battle

The beloved broadcaster and Childline founder, 84, is battling stage 4 lung cancer and recently revealed her time is now ‘extremely limited’

Evening Standard

Esther Rantzen makes devastating admission about terminal cancer

Broadcaster said her time is now ‘extremely limited’

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

‘Athletic’ woman given months to live after headaches dismissed as ‘long Covid’

The 33-year-old started noticing something ‘wasn’t quite correct’ while competing in the Half Ironman World Championship in August 2023

The Guardian - UK

Esther Rantzen’s life-preserving cancer drugs no longer working, says daughter

Terminally ill journalist and assisted dying supporter no longer healthy enough to travel to Dignitas

Evening Standard

Dame Esther Rantzen's 'amazing' cancer drug no longer working , daughter reveals in heartbreaking update

The 84-year-old broadcaster was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in 2023 and, at one point, was given just weeks to live

The Independent UK

Esther Rantzen’s daughter shares heartbreaking update on presenter’s terminal cancer diagnosis

Rantzen has been a passionate advocate for assisted dying to be legalised in the UK

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Evening Standard

Blur drummer Dave Rowntree's ex-wife left staggering sum in will before ending her life in Dignitas clinic

The last wishes of Blur drummer Dave Rowntree’s ex-wife have been revealed one year after she travelled to Switzerland to end her life.

The Independent UK

Dame Esther Rantzen welcomes GP group changing stance on assisted dying bill

The ChildLine founder revealed she had joined assisted dying organisation Dignitas

Evening Standard

Assisted dying should be about relieving suffering – ex-judge with Parkinson’s

Sir Nicholas said he did not think a new law should be open to people ‘who aren’t suffering but who happen to have a six-month life expectancy’.

The Independent UK

Families who take loved ones to die in Switzerland no longer breaking law, Esther Rantzen says

Broadcaster says MPs vote means police may no longer prosecute people for helping those who go to Dignitas clinic to die

Evening Standard

Dame Esther Rantzen ‘absolutely thrilled’ at assisted dying vote result

The 84-year-old broadcaster had been at the forefront of the debate in the run-up to Friday’s vote.

Evening Standard

Rantzen urges MPs ‘to be honest’ about religious opposition to assisted dying

The broadcaster, who is terminally ill, has been a strong advocate for changing the law to allow dying adults to take their own lives.

The Independent UK

Dame Esther Rantzen tells MPs every vote is crucial in assisted dying debate

The broadcaster said as many MPs as possible should listen to the arguments for and against changing the law and make their own decision.

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