Should people of faith support assisted dying? Rabbi Jonathan Romain vs Dr Mark Pickering

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🗓️ 24 September 2021

⏱️ 86 minutes

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A new bill to allow assisted dying is being debated in the UK parliament. Should people of faith support those with terminal illness being able to end their own life? Rabbi Jonathan Romain of the Religious Alliance for Dignity in Dying says 'yes'. Dr. Mark Pickering of the Christian Medical Fellowship says 'no'. For Jonathan Romain: https://www.dignityindying.org.uk/religiousalliance/ For Dr. Mark Pickering: https://www.cmf.org.uk/ For exclusive resources and to support us: • Support (USA): http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow • Support (rest of the world): https://resources.premier.org.uk/supportunbelievable • For our newsletter https://www.premier.org.uk/Unbelievablenewsletter • For our blog: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievable-the-blog • For the podcast: http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable • Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB • Twitter https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb • Insta https://www.instagram.com/justin.brierley

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0:00.0	Well hello, good evening and welcome to Unbelievably with me Justin Braille. The show that
0:04.2	brings you conversations that matter and today continuing on an ethical theme, assisted dying is
0:10.4	what we'll be debating on the show, a foreign against position from a rabbi and a Christian doctor.
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0:48.1	unbelievable as well, Mark Vernon is going to be talking to me about Dante's life and legacy. This
0:53.6	month, Mark 700 years since the death of the medieval writer whose divine comedy has shaped so much
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1:04.9	journey. He'll be telling us about that a little later on. Right now, though, time to introduce my
1:09.4	guess as we debate assisted dying. Today, we're asking should people of faith support assisted dying?
1:30.2	Now the House of Lords will be debating a new bill on assisted dying this coming month.
1:34.6	Baroness Meacher's bill is reigniting the question of whether people with terminal illness
1:40.3	should be allowed to end their own life with the help of medical professionals. Now, the bill
1:45.3	would introduce similar legislation to that of Oregon in the USA where assisted dying in
1:50.4	euthanasia has been legal for some time. The British Medical Association recently officially dropped
1:56.4	its opposition to assisted dying and according to a recent poll, three quarters of the British
2:01.5	public back changes. However, a smaller proportion of MPs are convinced. But what about the religious
2:07.8	and ethical questions that arise when it comes to euthanasia and the choice to end a life? Well,
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