What right do we have to take our own lives?

Do we have a right to die? Support for assisted suicide is increasingly popular, and Britain is one step closer to legalizing it. Lawmakers last week voted to advance the Terminally Ill Adults bill, which is expected to pass.

Praise for such legislation is concerning for several reasons, particularly the alarming speed at which these bills have been adopted worldwide over the last 25 years. In 1997, only Switzerland allowed legal assisted dying. Today, at least 10 countries have enacted permissive laws, and many more are considering them.