What is the new assisted dying bill and who will qualify?
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer had said he was ‘committed’ to allowing a vote on legalising assisted dying should his party win the general election, and now Kim Leadbeater is bringing forward the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.
What is the Assisted Dying Bill? Details of divisive new law revealed
The Private Member’s Bill calls for terminally ill people in England and Wales to be given the right to choose to end their life
Assisted dying bill: What is in proposed law?
A proposed law to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults in England and Wales has been formally introduced in the House of Commons. MPs are due to debate and vote on the bill on 29 November - further debates and votes would be needed before the bill becomes law.
Bill to legalize assisted-dying introduced in British Parliament
The British parliament published an assisted-dying draft bill Tuesday that would give terminally ill adults with less than six months to live the legal right to end their lives with the help of medical professionals.
What is the new bill to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill?
A new law has been proposed to legalise assisted dying for some terminally ill adults in England and Wales. Mentally competent adults with a life expectancy of six months or less who have a settled wish to die that has been approved by two doctors and the High Court would be able to do so under the proposed legislation for England and Wales.
New assisted dying bill 'could stop horrific deaths' campaigners say
The proposed law would allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to end their own life - but MP warns it could be a risk to the vulnerable.
Assisted dying could soon be legalised in the UK. What is in the proposed bill?
The proposed assisted dying bill will be debated and voted on by the UK Parliament on 29 November. View on euronews
Terminally ill can take their own life in three weeks, assisted dying Bill will say
Terminally-ill people could be allowed to kill themselves in three weeks under the assisted dying Bill published on Monday.
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