[Margaret Pilkington]

Oh, this is such a difficult thread. I don't think that anyone should ever be prosecuted for helping a family member to end their own life.....as long as there is definite proof that this is what the terminally ill person really wanted to do. Now, how that could be safely legislated for, I don't know.
My one concern is that grasping relatives do not conveniently end the life of a family member and then benefit financially from the deceased's estate.

The recent case of a Doctor being struck off the register for helping a terminally ill friend to die was most unfortunate. It appears that they had a pact that the doctor would help his friend once his friend had got to the end of his tether with the pain. Striking this man off the medical register served no useful purpose because the man had been retired for something like 15 years.

I think there should be some kind of framework drawn up to help the terminally ill.....but I'm glad I won't be the one deciding how it will work.