Truelove drama made me question assisted dying beliefs, says Sue Johnston

Truelove made me question assisted dying beliefs, says Sue JohnstonBreakfast, BBC

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00:00 And in those twists and turns we visit the whole debate that so many people are having at the moment.

00:07 We're talking about Esther Ransom, but so many families are talking about, friends are talking about.

00:11 Has it made you question what you think?

00:14 Oh, absolutely, because just before Christmas a very dear friend of mine died and I was at his bedside.

00:21 And I thought, and we talked about it, not him because he wasn't conscious, but the other friends who were there.

00:31 And we said, would you, it put me in a position of if he'd woken up and said, put a pillow on my face, would I have done it?

00:41 I don't, but it also makes you think, would I want my family to see me like that and have to spend time at a bedside?

00:50 When you've gone really, you're just being kept alive by medicine.

00:58 I don't know. I cannot answer the question in all truth.

01:02 I cannot answer the question as to whether I would have the courage to do it if someone asked me.

01:08 Or, and funny enough, Coronation Street, they're dealing with the same thing.

01:13 So it's very, but this doesn't just go there.

01:17 This isn't just about that. It raises the question, but it's, there are other things going on in the drama because it's a drama.