Assisted suicide: bishop says law should not be changed

Seeking clarity: Multiple sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy and her husband, Omar Puente, at the High Court in London last week PA THE BISHOP of St Albans, the Rt Revd Christopher Herbert, has warned against changing the law on assisted suicide after Debbie Purdy, who suffers from MS, sought clari­fica­tion on the issue in the High Court. Ms Purdy, from Bradford, argued that the Director of Public Prose­cutions (DPP) had acted illegally by not providing guidance on the legal position of those who help term­inally ill people to commit suicide. She is considering ending her life in a clinic in Switzerland, where assisted suicide is legal, and is con­cerned whether her husband would be exempt from prosecution if he helped her end her life. Bishop Herbert, who was a member of the House of Lords Select Committee on Lord Joffe’s... [read full story]