Assisted dying bill - latest: MPs to vote on historic legalisation after fierce backlash from campaigners
The private members bill put forward by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater will be the subject of a five-hour debate starting at 9.30am ...
The Assisted Dying Bill should not pass
MPs will vote today on one of the most significant and morally complex pieces of legislation to come before Parliament in ...
Last-minute lobbying ahead of major assisted dying vote
Last-minute lobbying is taking place across Parliament as MPs prepare to vote on an assisted dying bill for the first time in ...
Bill to legalize assisted dying in England and Wales faces heated parliamentary debate
Under the proposed legislation, only those over 18 years old in England and Wales and who are expected to die within six ...
Hope, fear, faith and love: Strong emotions ahead of assisted dying vote
If MPs vote in favour of assisted dying, it could lead to a significant change to society in the UK, on a par with reforms ...
British lawmakers to vote on assisted dying
British lawmakers must decide on Friday whether to support assisted dying in an emotional vote which has split parliament and ...
Britain’s Emotional Debate Over Assisted Dying
As lawmakers prepare to vote on legalizing assisted suicide for the terminally ill in England and Wales, an intense public ...
Assisted dying coercion by doctors ‘a significant threat’, warns top consultant
The warning from Baroness Llora Finlay, a consultant in palliative care, comes on the eve of an historic vote by MPs on Kim ...
Assisted dying can correct injustice says Leadbeater, as opponents warn of risks
Parliament has a chance to “correct injustice and reduce human suffering” when it debates assisted dying, the MP behind the ...
Historic vote to legalise assisted dying on a knife edge
MPs are weighing up how to vote on Bill which would bring about the biggest social change in Britain in decades ...
How would the assisted dying bill work and what issues might it create?
People in England and Wales are not allowed assistance to die, even when they are terminally ill and wish to end their lives.
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British lawmakers vote Friday on an assisted dying bill
British lawmakers on Friday will be given the chance to vote on plans to permit people with terminal illnesses the legal right to end their own life. The law's language has divided parliament.