Unbelievable? 14 Aug 2010 - Assisted dying & euthanasia debate

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🗓️ 23 June 2014

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Should people suffering from terminal illness or in terrible pain be allowed to take their own life? Should doctors help them? British law currently forbids it but there are voices asking for a change. At the forefront is "Dignity in Dying" whose Chief-Executive Sarah Wootton argues that allowing people to choose when and how they die is an extension of personal liberty. Revd George Pitcher is an Anglican priest. He argues in his new book "A Time To Live - the argument against euthanasia and assisted dying", that human dignity requires us to respect human life. Both the legal and Christian ramifications are discussed as they are joined by Revd Paul Badham, also an ordained Anglican who believes that assisted-dying is a moral option. For George Pitcher's book "A Time to Live" see http://www.amazon.co.uk/Time-Live-Against-Euthanasia-Assisted/dp/1854249878/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1281622100&sr=1-1 For Paul Badham's book "Is there a Christian case for Assisted dying?" see http://www.amazon.co.uk/There-Christian-Case-Assisted-Dying/dp/0281059195 For Dignity in Dying see http://www.dignityindying.org.uk/ For an anti-euthanasia viewpoint see http://www.carenotkilling.org.uk/ For more Christian/non Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the podcast at http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes If you enjoyed this programme you may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 25 Apr 2009 Euthanasia - Should it be legalised? Lord Dick Taverne & Dan Boucher Unbelievable? 12 Jan 2008 Human Fertilisation & Embryology - are we playing God? Join the discussion at the Unbelievable? group of the Premier Community online http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable

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0:38.2	UK forward slash unbelievable. Every week I'm joined on the show by people of different points of view to debate various topics, often to do with belief and faith today,
0:47.0	though we're debating an ethical issue. Let me tell you what's coming up on the show today.
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0:54.0	Assisted dying and euthanasia is our topic today and we're asking, it's often in the headlines,
1:00.0	but should the law be changed on assisted dying in euthanasia is it the most
1:05.4	humane thing to allow people to die when they want in the way they want with
1:09.6	dignity well Reverend George Pitcher is an Anglican priest and author of the book A Time to Live,
1:14.8	the case against euthanasia and assisted dying.
1:18.4	Sarah Wooten also joins us, she is the chief executive of the pro-assisted dying group Dignity in Dying.
1:25.3	And this isn't a particularly a Christian versus non-Christian type of show.
1:29.9	We're actually also got on the line later in the program the Reverend Paul Badham, also an Anglican priest he supports assisted dying
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