Robert Preston | Assisted Dying SHOULDN'T be legalised
Robert Preston gives his argument AGAINST the motion of the legalisation of Assisted Dying.
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Robert Preston addresses the motion on whether assisted dying should be legalised and should doctors be licensed to supply lethal drugs in the knowledge that they can be used to kill a person. He doesn't believe that a replacement law would be better or safer. He states that a euthanasia law would endanger more people that it would benefit. He uses the euthanasia law in place in Oregon as a benchmark to why it wouldn't work in Britain. The medium length of the Doctor patient relationship to those that administered lethal drugs was just 12 weeks, so a decision based on personal knowledge of the suicidal individual cannot be sound. He says that the death penalty was abolished because mistakes would be made and the wrong person would lose their lives and that's exactly why we shouldn't bring in a euthanasia law. He concludes by saying we should not legalise it.
Filmed on Thursday 18th October 2012
MOTION: THIS HOUSE WOULD LEGALISE ASSISTED DYING
Speakers in Proposition:
Professor Grayling
Richard Ottaway MP
Michael Irwin
Speakers in opposition:
Lord Alton
Baroness Finlay
Rober Preston
RESULT: THE MOTION WAS CARRIED
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Robert Preston addresses the motion on whether assisted dying should be legalised and should doctors be licensed to supply lethal drugs in the knowledge that they can be used to kill a person. He doesn't believe that a replacement law would be better or safer. He states that a euthanasia law would endanger more people that it would benefit. He uses the euthanasia law in place in Oregon as a benchmark to why it wouldn't work in Britain. The medium length of the Doctor patient relationship to those that administered lethal drugs was just 12 weeks, so a decision based on personal knowledge of the suicidal individual cannot be sound. He says that the death penalty was abolished because mistakes would be made and the wrong person would lose their lives and that's exactly why we shouldn't bring in a euthanasia law. He concludes by saying we should not legalise it.
Filmed on Thursday 18th October 2012
MOTION: THIS HOUSE WOULD LEGALISE ASSISTED DYING
Speakers in Proposition:
Professor Grayling
Richard Ottaway MP
Michael Irwin
Speakers in opposition:
Lord Alton
Baroness Finlay
Rober Preston
RESULT: THE MOTION WAS CARRIED
ABOUT THE OXFORD UNION SOCIETY:
The Union is the world's most prestigious debating society, with an unparalleled reputation for bringing international guests and speakers to Oxford. It has been established for 189 years, aiming to promote debate and discussion not just in Oxford University, but across the globe.
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