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The debate about death that split the country

2024/11/28
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Tomorrow, MPs will vote on a Bill that, if passed, would allow terminally ill people with less than six months to live the right to take their own lives - a radical departure from the status quo. The debate has split parliament and the public. So, is it a kindness or the beginning of a dangerous and slippery slope?

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Guest: 

  • Mark Mardell, broadcaster and writer, Movers and Shakers podcast and assisted dying correspondent, Prospect.
  • Kaya Burgess, science reporter and religious affairs correspondent, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

**Clips: **Times Radio, ITV News, Two Women Chatting. 

**Photo: **Getty Images/Times illustration 

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