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Topic: Das Recht auf den Tod

I agree: the BBC favours ‘the right to die’. But watch out. That’s a phrase with a sinister history

Posted on Thursday, 16 June 2011 Tags: BBC, Care Not Killing, Choosing to Die, Das Recht auf den Tod, Dignity in Dying, Falconer Commission, House of Lords, Ich klage an!, Newsnight, Peter Smedley Dignitas, Terry Pratchett

The German medical profession accepted ‘assisted dying’ for compassionate reasons in the 1920s. Then came the 1930s

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