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On 13 March, Starmer pledged to give MPs a vote on assisted suicide if Labour won the 2024 general election. [6] On 29 April 2024, MPs debated assisted suicide after a petition on UK Parliament petitions website reached the 100,000 signature threshold. [7] [8] By the time of the debate it had reached over 200,000 signatures.
Assisted suicide is the ending of one's own life with the assistance of another. It is currently illegal under the law of the United Kingdom.In England and Wales, the Suicide Act 1961 prohibits "aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the suicide of another" with a penalty of up to 14 years' imprisonment. [1]
“Legalising assisted suicide would diminish the value we ascribe to human life in our legislation and our institutions and create a two-tier society where suicide prevention doesn’t extend to ...
Here is a round-up of the situation with legislation at Westminster and other parts of the UK, Ireland and Crown Dependencies. Assisted Dying: What is happening at Westminster with the new Bill ...
‘If a patient wants to die, then to many people, it seems as if medicine has an obligation to help them get dead.’
The phrase "assisted dying" is often used instead of assisted suicide by proponents of legalisation and the media when used in the context of a medically assisted suicide for the purpose of relieving suffering. "Assisted dying" is also the phrase used by politicians when bills are proposed in parliament. [11]
Assisted dying would give society a better approach to the end of life, the MP leading a push for a change to the law has said, but opponents warned against bringing in a “state suicide service”.
Lawmakers in Britain gave initial approval to a bill to allow terminally ill adults to end their lives in England and Wales in a vote in the House of Commons on Friday.