1.   THE LAW in Britain should be changed to allow doctors to terminate the lives of their patients in exceptional circumstances, a Scots professor said yesterday.

2.   Kass observed that there might be a difference between a human being whose life was terminated and one whose life was potential.

3.   Or, as his family and admirers always will believe, was there no satisfactory explanation for terminating a life of such apparent promise?

4.   As for abortus medisinalis, this is a medical act which also terminates the life of a fetus.

5.   Four white Australians with terminal illnesses have legally terminated their lives with medical assistance under the territorial law.

6.   If during an abortion the fetus concerned is still alive outside the womb before its life is finally terminated, this is called infanticide.

7.   The law does not propose to legalize euthanasia or mercy killing, which is a deliberate act by a doctor to terminate the life of a patient.