Life May Be Sacred but so Is the Right to Die with Dignity

Evening Standard - London › April 01, 2005

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THE slow death of Terri Schiavo in a Florida hospice is now the focus of a nationwide debate in America concerning our right to die with dignity.

There are many elements in this story which are distinctively American, not least the involvement of the President, and the feeling being expressed in many quarters that the matter had been hijacked by the Christian fundamentalists.

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Life May Be Sacred but so Is the Right to Die with Dignity

There does seem something incoherent about the President's "pro life" stance. He is not a pacifist, as his war in Iraq shows. He supports the right of Americans to possess lethal firearms. But the sense in which he is pro-life is of wider application. That is why the fate of poor Mrs Schiavo is of interest here, and will affect the wa...

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