Gordon Brown says he is against legalising assisted dying, based on his experience of his own daughter's death. The bill, proposed by backbench Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, is set to be debated in parliament on Friday.

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Gran Bretagna, l'ex premier Gordon Brown contrario alla legge sul suicidio assistito. La polemica con Starmer

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Great Britain, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown opposes the law on assisted suicide. The controversy with Starmer

Former Labour prime minister Gordon Brown has gone public with his opposition to a new law on assisted dying. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which would allow some terminally-ill people to have a medically-assisted death, is set to be debated by MPs on Friday next week. Labour MP Kim Leadbeater has introduced […]

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In an intervention which threatens to derail the assisted dying bill, Gordon Brown called instead for the establishment of a commission to devise an improved strategy for end of life care

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Gordon Brown comes out against assisted dying in major blow to bill

Former PM lost his newborn, Jennifer, at just 11 days old in 2002

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Gordon Brown: My daughter’s death is why I oppose assisted dying

The former prime minister called instead for better end-of-life care.

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Gordon Brown declares opposition to assisted dying law

In a rare intervention ahead of the Commons debate on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on Friday, November 29, Mr Brown shared a glimpse of the time he and his wife Sarah spent with their baby, Jennifer, who died when she was only 11 days old

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The former prime minister says the country should consider setting up a commission on end of life care instead of legalising assisted dying.

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Gordon Brown says assisted dying should not be legalised

Brown's intervention, who in 2002 experienced the tragedy of the death of her first daughter, who died 11 days shortly after giving birth. The approval of the measure is not obvious, even if the government has an overwhelming majority on paper

L'intervento di Brown che nel 2002 visse la tragedia della morte della prima figlia, deceduta 11 giorni poco dopo il parto. L’approvazione del provvedimento non è scontata, anche se il governo dispone sulla carta di una maggioranza schiacciante

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Former prime minister says death of his newborn daughter convinced him of the ‘imperative of good end-of-life care’

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Gordon Brown reveals why he is opposed to assisted dying law

The assisted dying bill drafted by Kim Leadbeater MP defines very narrowly the circumstances in which someone could arrange their own death

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What confronting my own mortality taught me about assisted dying

Gordon Brown, who served as prime minister and leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010, yesterday announced his opposition to assisted suicide in a 'Guardian' editorial. He movingly recalled the death of his newborn baby daughter Jennifer in January 2002.

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