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June 18, 2025 38 mins

Decca Aitkenhead was nine when a GP risked jail to help her mother to die. Years later she watched her best friend succumb to the slow torture of Huntington's disease, and for a few days she found herself confronting her own death. She tells Jane Mulkerrins how those experiences have shaped her views on assisted dying. 

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Guest: Decca Aitkenhead, Chief Interviewer, The Sunday Times.

Host: Jane Mulkerrins.

Producer: Edward Drummond.

Further reading: I was 9 when a GP risked jail to help mum die. The law must change

Further listening: The debate about death that split the country

Clips: ITV/Concord Media, Parliament.

Photo: Decca Aitkenhead. 

Get in touch: thestory@thetimes.com


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