Any new government legislation would potentially make it possible for someone to help a terminally-ill person die without the possibility of prosecution for doing so.

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The moral case was attractive: if someone is willing to die for a country he should be allowed to live in it.

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Might a bank, for example, turn down a loan to someone because their health records suggest they may die at a young age?

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