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Assisted dying: High Court would not need to approve cases under change to bill

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater proposed an amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults Bill to replace High Court approval with a panel of experts, including psychiatrists and social workers, for assisted dying applications.
The proposed changes aim to enhance safeguards and ensure that decisions are voluntary and not coerced, with reports required from independent doctors.
Concerns have been raised about the potential for coercion in assisted dying discussions, with calls for well-supported initial conversations.
The Bill is set for further scrutiny in the House of Commons and House of Lords, with any changes unlikely until later this year or beyond.

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Assisted Dying Bill set for crunch vote as MPs fear 'stitch-up' - ANALYSIS by Katherine Forster

When MPs voted for the Assisted Dying Bill last November, they were promised “the strictest safeguards in the world”. Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP bringing forward the bill, reassured wavering MPs with the pledge that two doctors and a High Court judge would oversee cases.The legislation is designed to give terminally ill adults with less than six months to live the option to end their lives with medical assistance. And they must have “the ment…

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The Canary

Leadbeater's latest assisted dying U-turn could give Starmer a run for his money - and harm just as many disabled people

In a move that might even give Labour Party PM Keir Starmer a run for his money, Kim Leadbeater has announced a spectacular U-turn on a key plank of her assisted dying bill. That is, she’s gearing up to drop a core so-called ‘safeguard’. Crucially, it’s one that’s bill supporters have been banging on about from the beginning. Specifically, this is the requirement for a High Court judge to approve assisted dying decisions. Naturally though, it ha…

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Spiked

The assisted-dying bill must be put out of its misery

The post The assisted-dying bill must be put out of its misery appeared first on spiked.

13 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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Gizmodo

Who Chooses Medically Assisted Death?

Recent research is the latest to weigh in on a raging debate over the eligibility of medical aid in dying programs.

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Financial Times

High Court approval in assisted dying bill to be dropped

Changes to proposed legislation may cost it backing of wavering supporters

13 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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Daily Mirror

MP championing assisted dying says people stop her every day and say same thing

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater was challenged over changes to her bill to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill people, which passed its first hurdle in the Commons in November

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