Dame Esther Rantzen has issued a rallying cry for MPs to have a free vote on assisted dying.
The Childline founder, 83, spoke to LBC after joining Dignitas in Switzerland as she battles stage four lung cancer.And she has now issued a letter she hopes supporters will send to their MPs in the hope that a promise of a free vote on changing the law will appear in parties' manifestos ahead of the next general election.She had not expected to even make it to Christmas and has begun campaigning for a person to end their life without those who help them being punished.
Read more: 'No plans to legalise assisted dying,' minister says, as Esther Rantzen's children say 'she shouldn't have to die alone'Read more: Esther Rantzen reveals she has joined Dignitas and will consider assisted dying if health does not improveShe did not even think she would make it to her birthday in June.The letter calls for "a full debate in the House of Commons on the subject of assisted dying" as well as the free vote.
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