'Prisoners get a nicer farewell': Daughter of Esther Rantzen says she doesn't want her mum to die in 'horrific' Dignitas clinic as family calls on Parliament to have vote on assisted dying

Esther Rantzen's daughter has called on Parliament to vote on assisted dying rules to prevent their mother from travelling alone in the 'horrific' Dignitas clinic. Esther's family and friends could be prosecuted should they decide to join her, leading daughter Rebecca Wilcox to claim that her terminally ill mother faces the prospect of dying alone in an 'impersonal room'. Esther Rantzen 's daughter, Rebecca Wilcox, has called on parliament to vote on assisted dying rules, as they don't want their mother to die in 'horrific' Dignitas clinic The Chidline founder, who was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer earlier this year, revealed she has joined the assisted-dying clinic in Switzerland Esther's family and friends could be prosecuted should they decide to join her, leading her daughter to claim that prisoners get a 'nicer farewell' then her terminally ill family member will In 2015, MPs voted against changing the law to let doctors help terminally ill people end their lives, meaning Dame Esther may be forced to go to Switzerland alone. Ms Wilcox earlier told Good Morning Britain of how her family reacted to such an emotional decision Dame Esther explained to her family that she didn't 'want their last memories of me to be painful because if you watch someone you love having a bad death, that memory obliterates all the happy times' Dame Esther said that if 'nothing's working' she might 'buzz off to Zurich' in Switzerland but realises this would put her family and friends in a difficult position as they could be prosecuted should they decide to join her.