Esther Rantzen’s daughter urges MPs voting religiously on Assisted Dying Bill to rethink choice

Esther Rantzen's daughter urges MPs to rethink religious vote on assisted dying billSource: Sky News

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00:00I don't want to offend anybody, and I think I possibly will, especially close relatives

00:05who are very religious. I have faith as well, but it doesn't control my points of view when

00:10it comes to the ballot box, when it comes to making decisions that I believe are rational,

00:16logical, societal decisions. I don't think we live in a country that is run by religious

00:21law. I'm very relieved that we don't, because the countries out there that are suffer from

00:26many problems, including access to specific medicine operations, care, access to education

00:35for women. I don't think going down that route where religion has a really strong role to

00:41play in our democracy and our laws is not a good idea. So I would say don't vote according

00:48to your religion. Vote according to your constituents' points of view. And if you do that, you can

00:55have a look at the poll that came out earlier this year that said in every single constituency,

01:00more than 50% of people who were polled agreed with the sister dying.