The 83-year-old, who has stage four lung cancer, is advocating for the freedom to choose when one passes away for those with medical ailments and a six-month or shorter life expectancy.
She declared that she had joined Dignitas in December of last year.
According to the findings of the health and social care committee report, palliative care standards have not decreased in nations where assisted suicide is permitted.
Additionally, it stated that a “national strategy for death literacy and support following a terminal diagnosis” was necessary and that there was a “pressing need” for better mental health treatment for those who are terminally ill.
Dame Esther, though, wishes the committee had taken things a step beyond.
She stated to News: “I had hoped that the report’s recommendations would include calling for another discussion of this topic in parliament, as there hasn’t been one since 2015.”
“This is a life and death issue that matters a great deal to a lot of us.”
