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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.
The phrase "assisted dying" is often used instead of physician-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. Bills to legalise assisted dying have been introduced multiple times in Parliament since the 1930s, but none have passed. [4]
Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s controversial legislation to be published
LONDON − Britain's parliament backed a new bill to allow assisted dying on Friday, kicking off months of wrangling over a possible legal change that has sparked a national conversation about ...
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”.
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]
‘If a patient wants to die, then to many people, it seems as if medicine has an obligation to help them get dead.’
Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s bill will be formally introduced to the Commons on Wednesday and debated next month. Assisted dying: What is the law as Westminster prepares for a new bill? Skip to ...