Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey argues that assisted dying should be ...
Why we should help the terminally ill to die: Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey argues that assisted dying should be legalised Lord George Carey, 85, has argued that assisted dying should be legalised The former Archbishop of Canterbury said there is 'nothing holy about agony' The senior cleric outlined his position in essay for the British Medical Journal Poll found 82% of Christians supported assisted dying for terminally ill people
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A former Archbishop of Canterbury has argued that assisted dying should be legalised and says there is 'nothing holy about agony'.
Lord Carey said letting terminally ill patients die 'as well as possible' is a 'compassionate and religious' approach and better than making them suffer.
There is nothing in the scripture that directly prohibits assisted dying and it is a myth that all religious people are opposed to it, he added.
Lord Carey (pictured in March 2017) said letting terminally ill patients die 'as well as possible' is a 'compassionate and religious' approach and better than making them suffer
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