MPs have voted to approve a historic bill that would legalise assisted dying in England and Wales.
Supporters welcomed the bill’s passing, which will allow terminally ill adults with fewer than six months to live to apply for an assisted death, subject to approval by two doctors and a panel featuring a social worker, senior legal figure and psychiatrist.
But opponents have raised both practical and ethical concerns, including that people could be coerced into seeking an assisted death and that the bill has been rushed through.
Sky’s Ashish Joshi reports.
Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/mps-back-legalising-assisted-dying-in-historic-commons-vote-13386047
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