http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7711264/Anti-ageing-drugs-will-fuel-euthanasia.html
Oh anti-aging for the rich, all done under the guise of stopping human suffering, how convenient.
People will simply choose to end their own lives in the future, when anti-ageing drugs that could extend lifespans by many years become commonplace, according to an expert on longevity.
By Stephen Adams
Published: 3:22PM BST 11 May 2010
But birth rates might also have to be centrally controlled to cope with rising numbers of old people, Dr David Gems of the Institute of Healthy Ageing at University College London said.
Dr Gems, who is researching ways of slowing ageing, said society faced "a strange future".
Speaking on the ethics of anti-ageing treatment at the Royal Society, he said: "If we were to live very long lives then I feel that more people would simply elect to end their own lives. That seems to be reasonable."
He argued that prolonging life with anti-ageing drugs that could delay the onset of age-related diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's, was a moral imperative comparable to the eradication of smallpox.
"The potential for reducing suffering is absolutely immense," he said.
