He believes it would be better to have some rules about people's right to end their own lives instead of having none at all. "If implemented properly, euthanasia could be a blessing for the terminally ill, a chance to end their life with the full support of the law," he says.
Being in care doesn't ruin your life. So says Sujitha in Who Cares?, the magazine for looked-after children. Sujitha, 17, has been in care for the past two years and credits it with helping to turn her life around. "Like all teenagers, we have our own problems, our own successes and our own failures. Just because we are in care doesn't mean we should merely be looked at as a bunch of statistics," she says. She calls on fellow looked-after children to take control of their futures and achieve their dreams.
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