There is something distasteful about the way supporters of the Assisted Dying Bill are trying to bulldoze this chaotic piece of legislation through Parliament.
The fact that its proposer, Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, tabled no fewer than 44 amendments when the Bill returned to the Commons yesterday shows just how dangerously unformed it is.
She shows every sign of making it up as she goes along, sowing doubt and confusion with each faltering step.
Yet opponents expressing concern over the Bill's manifold shortcomings are accused of scaremongering or standing in the way of the 'human right' to choose the timing and manner of one's death.
It's a strangely inverted form of moral blackmail when those who express unease about giving the state the power to end the lives of its citizens are branded as 'inhumane'.
