Today, the support for legalising voluntary euthanasia increases with every year. And according to statistics, this sort of euthanasia is supported by the majority of people all over the world. Only a small minotity argues against this issue due to religious

beliefs and moral or ethical disagreements. A current case arguing in favour of voluntary euthansia is the case of Diane Pretty, who suffers from the incurable motor neurone disease. She bids for an assisted suicide executed by her husband and has passed the first stage of the legal battle arguing in her favour. Now, her case has to be presented to the Director of Public Prosecusions, in order to prevent her husband from being prosecuted if he should assist her to terminate her life. Mary Warnock commented on this issue in `The Observer´ of Sunday, September second. She was clearly able to distinguish between the moral and judicial aspects of euthanasia, giving her arguments in favour of Diane Pretty´s case very much reason. Taking moral, ethical and religious beliefs in concern, Mary Warnock argues that those who protest against euthanasia are not the ones condemned to live the most painfull lives and that moral judgements in such cases ought to be done by the judicial sytem.

In my opinion, voluntary euthanasia should be accepted to a certain degree. Terminally ill patients who bid for an assisted suicide should be accompanied by doctors, relatives and physicians, in order, for those involved in the procedure, to be able to make the right judgements when the patient decides to terminate his life. And it is only when all parties come to the same agreement that the procedure should be applied. Yet, the interest of the patient should be prioritised. As I stated earlier that I do not believe tha

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