The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has taken a neutral position on assisted suicide for the first time in its history, despite opposition among GPs increasing in recent years. A poll of GPs found that only a third of GPs support legalisation. A poll of thousands of UK GPs…
The MP committee scrutinising Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill has voted to scrap the High Court judge safeguard that would have required a higher level of judicial sign-off.
MP Kit Malthouse has attempted to censor the backlash after an assisted suicide committee rejected an amendment that would have stopped doctors from suggesting suicide to people with Down’s syndrome.