Bill on euthanasia: This is about shortening death and not ending life, says the MP who is proposing a bill on euthanasia

Nik Ward, who lives in Surrey and suffers from motor neurone disease, is against changing the law.

He tells the BBC he may have sought euthanasia after being diagnosed – but now he says life is precious and he is against euthanasia.

“It redefines the norms of our society in a way that I think is terribly dangerous,” he says.

But Elise Burns from Kent, who is terminally ill with breast cancer, wants the option of euthanasia.

“I'm not afraid of dying, but I'm afraid of a bad death – a long, drawn out, brutal, terrible death. “That scares me,” she says.

“But I also worry about my family and friends. I don’t want them to watch me go through this.”