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A Spectator debate: should euthanasia be legalised? Douglas Murray vs Sam Leith

20 April 2019

9:00 AM

20 April 2019

9:00 AM

Four years ago, the Assisted Dying Bill was overwhelmingly defeated in parliament. The euthanasia debate hasn’t disappeared, however. One recent poll showed that 90 per cent of the UK’s population now support assisted dying for the terminally ill. So is a relaxation of the law inevitable? Would it represent progress? Or is it very dangerous? Our literary editor Sam Leith joined our associate editor Douglas Murray to discuss.

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