EOL Suicide on Coronation Street

Coronation Street is the longest running soap opera in the world, airing since 1960.  BBC News has announced that the show will explore the issue of the 'right to die' when one of the most popular characters, terminally ill Hayley Cropper, decides that she wants to take control of her death.



Hayley has been diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer.  As her health deteriorates she will decide she wants to take her own life.  Hayley becomes very concerned about losing control as the disease progresses.  The palliative care Hayley receives is superb but she is scared that the pain relief can cause confusion and a loss of clarity.



This is especially important, because Hayley is the first transgender character in a British soap.  She is concerned she could regress to being Harold, she's already had one such nightmare. She wants to die in peace with clarity of thought, she wants to die as Hayley - the identity she has spent her whole life fighting for.