Liz Carr’s newest groundbreaking documentary on assisted suicide is a in-depth exploration of the emotions and societal pressures that lie at the heart of disability opposition to a public policy that threatens ours lives. The Guardian called it “blistering.” Her gripping and personal narrative, a must-see tour-de-force is available HERE for now.
Long before UK actress Liz Carr became known for her roles in shows like Silent Witness, The Witcher and Good Omens, she worked against a public policy of assisted suicide. Knowing that the vocal disability opposition to assisted suicide was unpopular, she was active in Not Dead Yet UK from early on.
In 2013, Liz Carr created a two part BBC documentary called “When Assisted Suicide Is Legal” about what she called her Euthanasia Road Trip in Europe, Oregon and Washington State. NDY covered Part 1 and Part 2with excerpts and commentary in our blog, and the audio documentary is still live online:
From the description:
Carr travels to Switzerland, where she visits the rooms where volunteers help people die, and finds out why the Swiss law on assisted suicide goes back to the 19th Century. In Belgium she meets a doctor who admits to performing euthanasia before it was legal; and in Luxembourg, she finds out why the law on assisted suicide nearly caused a constitutional crisis. Carr questions whether it is possible to balance the right of the individual who wants to die with the responsibility of society to protect those who don’t.
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This documentary is superbly done! Very thorough, very real. Much of my life, I have had the opinion that a national health system in the US would be preferable to the fragmented system we have. But it is clear that there is an enormous downside. Physician assistance in dying seems to more prevalent in countries with a national health system.
This documentary is superbly done! Very thorough, very real. Much of my life, I have had the opinion that a national health system in the US would be preferable to the fragmented system we have. But it is clear that there is an enormous downside. Physician assistance in dying seems to more prevalent in countries with a national health system.