Assisted dying: the government must not visit indignity on the terminally ill | Simon Jenkins

The coalition should not declare assisted dying a matter of 'individual conscience' while leaving it subject to criminal law

The one important response to this week's Falconer report on legalising assisted dying comes from the government of the day. On Thursday the justice department duly declared that "any change to the law in this emotive and contentious area is an issue of individual conscience and a matter for parliament to decide, rather than government policy."

This is rubbish. If the...