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World Service,24 Feb 2001,30 mins

Assisted suicide in The Netherlands

Weekend, From the BBC World Service Archive

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Legalisation of euthanasia in Holland, a look at the widespread support for assisted suicide there. Also, is death preferable to life with a severe disability? As a French court awards compensation to a man for being born with disabilities, a debate on the right to end life in the womb.

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