US EditionMPs Vote in Favour of Assisted Dying Opt-Out for All Healthcare Workers
- On May 16, 2025, UK MPs approved an amendment to the bill concerning assisted dying for adults with a terminal diagnosis, guaranteeing that no healthcare professional in England and Wales will be required to participate in the process.
- The Bill, first supported by a historic November vote, returned for debate after six months of scrutiny and amendments responding to concerns from medical bodies and opponents.
- The legislation would allow terminally ill adults with six months or less to live to seek assisted dying with approvals from two doctors and an expert panel, and permits healthcare and social care workers to opt out.
- Health minister Stephen Kinnock warned the opt-out clause could create conflicting obligations and limit access if employers restrict participation, while Dame Esther Rantzen called for the Bill as a 'crucial reform' for future generations.
- The Bill faces ongoing debate, with a report stage set for June 13, and reflects deep division among MPs who vote by conscience amid concerns about patient pressure and protections for vulnerable people.
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End of Life: French MPs Approve Article- Creating a Right to Help Die
This is a new step in the examination of the bill on the end of life in France. A text as sensitive as expected. After the adoption of the first part on palliative care this week, MPs have been looking since Friday at the second part of the text, the one that divides the most. MPs have adopted Article 2 which establishes a right to help to die.
Le Figaro
End of Life: MEPs Approve the Creation of a Right to Help Die
They reinstated the principle of self-administration of the lethal substance.
Assisted dying bill: MPs approve only two of a long list of amendments
The House of Commons has had another chance to debate the private member’s bill that would allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales with six months left to live – to seek help to end their own life. But MPs only had time to vote on two amendments to the Assisted Dying Bill. One of them means that medical staff will be allowed to opt out of helping patients die. That lack of time has reignited the debate about whether the bill has faced s…
Evening Standard
MPs vote in favour of assisted dying opt-out for all healthcare workers
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will return to the Commons next month.
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