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Should we have the right to die?

Belgian Paralympian Marieke Vervoort has ended her own life through euthanasia. The 40-year-old -...

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15.37 24 Oct 2019


Should we have the right to die?


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15.37 24 Oct 2019


Belgian Paralympian Marieke Vervoort has ended her own life through euthanasia. The 40-year-old - who had an incurable degenerative muscle disease - won gold and silver at the London 2012 Paralympics, and two further medals at Rio 2016. Euthanasia is legal in Belgium and in 2008 the athlete signed papers which would at some stage allow a doctor to end her life. Should we have the right to choose when we want to die? Ciara hears form listeners.

 


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