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Supporters and opponents of assisted dying gathered outside London's Houses of Parliament on Friday (September 11) as British lawmakers made a fresh push to legalize assisted dying for terminally ill people, hoping a groundswell of public support would help drive through a change in the law six months after a previous effort failed. - REUTERS

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00:00Help us to live. Not to die. Help us to live. Not to die. We are not dead yet. We
00:07are not dead yet. We are not dead yet. We are not dead yet. We are not dead yet. And
00:16we think this bill just doesn't have safeguards.
00:18Reports show that it would put people with Down syndrome, people with eating disorders, women suffering from domestic violence, all
00:26at disproportionate risk, at coercion, into an assisted suicide. And so we think no one should suffer at the end
00:34of their life. But we also need to make sure people have the tools to live dignified lives and that
00:40it's not easier in this government to access death than it is to access a dignified life as a disabled
00:47person.
00:55Why, if they believe that they can't choose an assisted death, why don't they just not apply? But why would
01:02they stop me, a dying person, from taking my own choice? I cannot wrap my head around that.
01:09That injustice is dreadful. And what we really need is for the democratic process to be fair this time and
01:18do, hopefully, the will of the people.
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