An Auckland doctor who has just months to live after being diagnosed with a terminal illness says it's time for euthanasia to be legalised.

Dr John Pollock said it was unfair that if he lived in Holland, Belgium or some American states he would have the option of ending his life if his condition deteriorated to a point where he was suffering, but in New Zealand he faces a death he cannot control.

He believes it is time for a law change so people facing death have the comfort of knowing they can control the end.

Should voluntary euthanasia be legalised? Here is the latest selection of Your Views:

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  2. R2D2 says
    "No, absolutely not. But I am not surprised that a barbaric society like ours that kills its own young by abortion should support killing the sick and the old as well."
  3. Ivo says
    "Of course it should be legalised. In a moderen society, I think it's utterly inhumane that it isn't already."
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