In an interview published in 2008 in the Church of Scotland’s magazine Life and Work, she supported the right of those suffering intolerably to end their lives. “If somebody absolutely, desperately wants to die because they’re a burden to their family, or the state,” she argued, “then I think they too should be allowed to die.”
在2008年发表的一篇接受苏格兰长老会杂志《生活与工作》的采访中，她支持那些忍受难以忍受痛苦的人结束自己生命的权利。她说，“如果有人因为成为家人或国家的负担而坚决、义无反顾地想要结束生命，那我认为他们也应该拥有死亡的权利。”