Dame Esther Rantzen accuses friends of ‘blatant sabotage’ of assisted dying invoice

Broadcaster Dame Esther Rantzen has accused friends of ‘blatant sabotage’ after Sky News realized that the federal government won’t be giving the landmark assisted dying laws extra time within the House of Lords.

Rantzen went on to say that she is "sad" to listen to the invoice will doubtless fail.

She continued by saying that many nations around the globe "have come to the sane, sensible, proper conclusion, which is if you are terminally ill and an adult, and fully competent to make your own decisions, you should have the right to die painlessly and in dignity if life becomes unbearable".

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