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Baroness Ilora Finlay is a doctor, professor of palliative medicine at Cardiff University and an independent crossbench member of the House of Lords. She explains to Michael Fitzsimons how her opposition to euthanasia is not on religious grounds, but entirely a matter of public safety.
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Baroness the Professor Ilora Finlay being interviewed by Kim Hill

Legalisation of euthanasia results in normalisation.
One in every 45 deaths in the Netherlands comes about through euthanasia. In New Zealand this would translate to 700 deaths per year.
I am firmly against euthanasia because it is not physical suffering that guides the desire to die but a moment of discouragement, feeling like a burden … All those who ask to die are mostly looking for love. - Maryannick Pavageau - suffers from locked-in syndrome for 30 years
A person in pain constitutes a medical crisis not a reason for euthanasia.

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Insight: Euthanasia - Choice or Slippery Slope? - Alex Perrottet, Radio New Zealand (October 2017).
Baroness the Professor Ilora Finlay - Radio interview with Mark Sainsbury, Radio New Zealand (June 2017).
‘Dying Well’ - A panel discussion hosted by Hon Paul Foster-Bell (June 2017). Panel: Baroness the Professor Ilora Finlay, Robert Preston, Maryan Street, Professor Andrew Geddis, Dr Andrew Butler.
Euthanasia Q+A with Baroness Ilora Finlay and Robert Preston - Mic Series 08, Maxim Institute (June 2017).
Baroness the Professor Ilora Finlay - Radio interview with Kim Hill, Radio New Zealand (August 2012).
Ethics and Euthanasia: A Debate that Never Dies - A video debate including right-to-die advocate Dr Philip Nitschke and leading Australian ethicist Dr Bernadette Tobin (July 2012).
‘Voluntary Euthanasia: Murder or Mercy?’ - Panel discussion, Museum of City and Sea public forum (May 2012). Panel: Dr Grant Morris (talk), Paul Russell (talk), Janet Marsland (talk), Anna MacLennan (talk), Question Time.
Euthanasia and assisted suicide: A discussion we need to have, Panel Discussion and Question Time - Open Forum, Centre for Theology and Public Issues Otago University (April 2012). Panel: Professor Sean Davison, Hon. Maryan Street, MP, Professor Grant Gillett, Dr John Kleinsman, Associate Professor Colin Gavaghan.
Euthanasia: An ethical and legal crossroad.