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Despite the failure of the attempt in 2018 to get assisted dying legalised, the issue has never gone away. With Guernsey now the only Crown Dependency which has not approved an assisted dying law, it is expected to be debated by the States again before the end of this political term. The subject was up for debate again this week following Wednesday’s Guernsey Disability Alliance AGM. The case in favour of it was put forward by Deputy Gavin St Pier, who was the lead requerant in 2018, while the case against was given by GDA social policy director Carol Le Page. Here is a summary by Lucy Rouget of their arguments