Professor Max Watson:

Regarding the first statement, I am suspicious of safeguards because I have not seen them really work. Today's safeguards are what another section of the population will take to court on the grounds that they are being legislated against. A person who is depressed could demand access to the same things as people who have a terminal diagnosis. Once we embark on this we are heading towards a situation where it comes down to people's individual choice.

That is why I had this juxtaposition. Is this about giving legal rights and supporting an individual's right to choose or is it about society making a commitment from a societal point of view, not an individual point of view, to do its best to support and help people? Yes, there is an overlap but it is very difficult to see safeguarding working because in every legislation where it started, those safeguards are then attacked in law.