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Assisted Dying
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In a dramatic turn of events, the battle over the legalisation of assisted suicide in England and Wales is now on course to continue until late April 2026.
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Turnout was just over 40 percent, and the “no” vote comfortably met the legal threshold for revoking legislation.
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Kit Malthouse has raised concerns that technical or procedural manoeuvres are being used in the House of Lords to block the assisted suicide Bill.
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She warned that it could put people with eating disorders at grave risk.
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The vast majority of amendments to the Bill have been uniformly dismissed.
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The University of Technology Sydney has proposed to discontinue three postgraduate courses in palliative care in the wake of new assisted suicide law.
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Oral evidence to the Select Committee on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill concluded last week. Again, the expert witnesses voiced a range of concerns they have with the Bill. Here are some highlights.
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Tuesday, 4 November saw Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill begin Stage 2 deliberations with crucial votes on safeguards, palliative care and the criteria for eligibility.
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The Select Committee hearing evidence about the Terminally Ill Adults Bill met again last week. Again, the expert witnesses drew out multiple problems with the Bill. Here are some highlights.
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Routh described himself as a “constant failure” and expressed a wish to be placed in a prison that allows what he called “medical aid in dying”.
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Patrick Harvie MSP, has proposed what critics describe as “totalitarian” plans to introduce abortion clinic-style buffer zones around locations where assisted suicide could take place.
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More than seventy people gathered recently to hear Dr Philip Nitschke speak about the methods and mechanics of suicide.
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After two days of intense debate with roughly 160 speakers, the consensus in the House of Lords is that the Leadbeater Bill cannot be passed in its current state.
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The letter slammed Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill as a “real threat to both patients and the medical workforce”.
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More Labour MPs have signalled that they intend to vote against Leadbeater’s Bill.