Hi Dave,

I am sure, like with all debates on sensitive subjects there will be pros and cons on this issue.  As both the daughter of a mother who has tried suicide on several occasions (due to bi polar mental illness) and who would dearly love to have the means to take her own life now at the ripeoldf age of 89 (and in earlier times expressed a wish to go to Switzerlandand to have her chosen way out) and also as widow of a terminally ill husband who preferred to let nature take its course, I see both sides of the coin. Freedom of choice is a delicate question and from my own personal viewpoint I do not believe you can make a for or against decision unless you find yourself ina difficult and perhaps desparate situation.  I am sure too there would be many in the medical profession who would find it a difficult road to follow. Jules 

Hi Dave,

I am sure, like with all debates on sensitive subjects there will be pros and cons on this issue.  As both the daughter of a mother who has tried suicide on several occasions (due to bi polar mental illness) and who would dearly love to have the means to take her own life now at the ripeoldf age of 89 (and in earlier times expressed a wish to go to Switzerlandand to have her chosen way out) and also as widow of a terminally ill husband who preferred to let nature take its course, I see both sides of the coin. Freedom of choice is a delicate question and from my own personal viewpoint I do not believe you can make a for or against decision unless you find yourself ina difficult and perhaps desparate situation.  I am sure too there would be many in the medical profession who would find it a difficult road to follow. Jules