Right to die row for non-terminally ill

Opponents say the case of a woman with crippling arthritis who died at Dignitas shows a shifting of the goalposts A leading campaigner for assisted dying, who opted to die in Switzerland despite having no terminal illness, has reignited debate between supporters and opponents of the right to die. Nan Maitland , 84, who suffered from agonising arthritis, travelled to Switzerland to end her life on 1 March. She said she didn’t want to suffer a “long period of decline, sometimes called ‘prolonged dwindling’, that so many people unfortunately experience before they die”. Two weeks before her death, Maitland, separated with three children, wrote in a message: “For some time, my life has consisted of more pain than pleasure. I have a great feeling of relief that I will have no further need to struggle through each

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