Terminally ill say four-year timeframe for assisted dying service is too long

MPs backing assisted dying are braced for bill to collapse at next stage

THE assisted dying Bill is at risk of collapse at the next vote in protest over how it has been handled. Some MPs who voted in favour of the legislation in November are now considering switching sides. It comes amid concerns over a lack of safeguards such as scrapping a requirement for a High Court judge to approve applications. Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, who is promoting the bill, has instead suggested a three-person panel with a senior legal fi…

Terminally ill say four-year timeframe for assisted dying service is too long

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is entering the final stages of committee scrutiny.

Kim Leadbeater admits assisted dying laws could change in future - but 'positive' it will still be passed by MPs

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater has admitted that the assisted dying laws may change in future - but she was "feeling positive" it would still be passed by MPs.

MPs backing assisted dying are braced for legislation to collapse...

THE assisted dying Bill is at risk of collapse at the next vote in protest over how it has been handled. Some MPs who voted in favour of the legislation i...

The ultra-conservative Abogados Cristianos take advantage of a loophole in the law to judicially stop the already approved assisted dying. The association Dret a Morir Dignament and the Guarantee Commission that approves the benefit view this irruption with concern.

MPs keep refusing to make assisted suicide bill safer - Christian Concern

Head of Public Policy Tim Dieppe comments on the committee’s continued rejections of amendments to the assisted suicide bill that would make it safer This week’s debates in the committee scrutinising Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill demonstrated just how big an impact on society this bill will have. This follows last week, when the requirement for a High Court Judge to sign off on requests for assisted suicide was replac…