UK divided as MPs prepare to vote on assisted dying bill
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UK divided as MPs prepare to vote on assisted dying bill
Ahead of the first stage of voting on a bill to legalise assisted dying in the UK, AFP speaks to both sides of the debate.
Palliative care consultant Amy Proffitt opposes the "practicalities" of the bill, saying that she "as a doctor, cannot determine coercion -- I have no legal training whatsoever." Anil Douglas, on the other hand, whose father secretly took his own life, believes that "if the bill had been in place when my father died, he could have had a much safer, kinder, more compassionate death".
Labour MP Kim Leadbeater admits she is āemotionally drainedā as MPs vote in favour of the assisted dying bill. The Terminally Ill Adults Bill received 330 ayes and 275 noes, a majority of 55..
Assisted dying could become legal in England and Wales after the bill was backed by MPs in a historic vote. Under a draft legislation being considered by Parliament, terminally ill adults expected to..
Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell says he has āhad tears pouring down his faceā hearing stories from his constituents who have had their āmother, brother, father die in great painā.
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