Esther Rantzen’s tearful daughter discusses her mum considering assisted dying with Dignitas

Dame Esther Rantzen&#39;s daughter Rebecca Wilcox got emotional talking about her mum considering ​​assisted dying in Switzerland.

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00:00 We're allowed to make decisions

00:01 about everything in our own lives.

00:03 We're allowed to make this decision,

00:04 and I know this is constantly said, about our pets.

00:06 And yet if mum is experiencing such dreadful symptoms

00:10 and there is no hope,

00:12 then why shouldn't she be able to make that decision?

00:14 She said to me,

00:16 "We have medicines and drugs that help prolong life.

00:20 Why are we allowed to use those

00:23 and not allowed to use the ones

00:24 that make you have a dignified death?"

00:27 I mean, that's what dignitas is.

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