[...] from this point of view, compassion and personal sovereignty, I do not have any objection to assisted dying on principle. However, what we are asking of our medical profession, if this legislation becomes law, is something that doctors in other countries are now often having second thoughts about being involved with.

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I value the principles which became the hallmarks of Western democracy, made possible by the Age of Reason; religious tolerance (a wall between religion and state), a commitment to scientific inquiry,...