{"id":6292,"date":"2014-01-16T15:52:54","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T14:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.dignitas.bertastrasse1.ch\/news\/the-cambridge-union-society-this-house-would-legalise-assisted-dying\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T10:49:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T08:49:24","slug":"the-cambridge-union-society-this-house-would-legalise-assisted-dying","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/news\/the-cambridge-union-society-this-house-would-legalise-assisted-dying\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cambridge Union Society \u2013 This House Would Legalise Assisted Dying"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this debate, the Union asks whether legalising assisted dying is moral, and whether sanctity or quality of life should be prioritised. The speakers in favour of freedom of choice in \u201clast matters\u201d win the debate by a clear 207 to 67 votes (with 54 abstaining). When will UK politicians listen?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-container brlbs-cmpnt-content-blocker brlbs-cmpnt-with-individual-styles\" data-borlabs-cookie-content-blocker-id=\"default\" data-borlabs-cookie-content=\"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\"><div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-preset-a\"> <p class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-description\">You are currently viewing a placeholder content from <strong>Default<\/strong>. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers.<\/p> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-buttons\"> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-btn\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-unblock role=\"button\">Unblock content<\/a> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-btn\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-accept-service role=\"button\" style=\"display: none\">Accept required service and unblock content<\/a> <\/div> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-provider-toggle\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-show-provider-information role=\"button\">More Information<\/a> <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this debate, the Union asks whether legalising assisted dying is moral, and whether sanctity or quality of life should be prioritised. The speakers in favour of freedom of choice in \u201clast matters\u201d win the debate by a clear 207 to 67 votes (with 54 abstaining). When will UK politicians listen?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[537],"class_list":["post-6292","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","tag-uk-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/6292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}