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Dear Mr Blair, I am writing to you about the government's policies on euthanasia.
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Mr P. Archer 10 Priory Road Loughton Essex IG10 1AF Thursday, 31 October 2002 Dear Mr Blair, I am writing to you about the government's policies on euthanasia. As you know, this is one of the most debated issues being argued nowadays. What is sometimes called mercy killing is the act of purposely forcing or helping someone to die instead of letting nature take its course. Euthanasia is compassionate killing. Legally euthanasia can be voluntary, passive or positive. The first means a request by the dying patient or a legal representative. The second means doing nothing to prevent death and the latter involves taking deliberate action to cause death. Euthanasia at the moment is illegal everywhere in the world, with the exception of the American state of Oregon where fatal drugs may be prescribed for the specific purpose of euthanasia I believe that every person should have the right to live or die. This goes into the legality...
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