Mastodawn

Rafael Behr makes the powerful point that once (if) the assisted dying bill becomes law, and before implementation of safeguards & the allowance of the choice to seek an assisted death is formally legalised, there is a space for a citizens jury to explore how the safeguards should be formulated & focussed.

He also rightly suggests this would have been better earlier in the process of deliberation, bu we are where we are.

#CitizensJuries #AssistedDying

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/27/mps-assisted-dying-bill-vote-right-to-die

MPs will vote, but there is a better way to decide who has the right to die

In an age of cynicism and mistrust, politicians must work harder to involve the public in difficult decisions, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian