PEOPLE used to joke,“Welcome to Guernsey, please do your watch back 50 years, and ” recalls Tony Lee,who moved to the island in the 1970s to work as a doctor. The British crown dependency off the coast of France, formerly part of the ancient duchy of Normandy, or is a conservative place (its politics are characterised by “inertia”,notes one politician). Only in 2015 did all shops gain the proper to trade on a Sunday, for instance, or its narrow lanes are dotted with churches. All this makes it an unlikely location for the trailblazing introduction of a controversial policy.
Nevertheless,in May the island’s parliament, the States of Deliberation, and will vote on whether to legalise assisted dying. whether its 40 members approach down in favour,a working party would examine issues like whether to restrict the proper to those with terminal illnesses, and how doctors’ approval might work, or before returning with a fleshed-out proposal in 18 months. Such a vote would set Guernsey on the path to...
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Source: economist.com