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The UK’s lower chamber of Parliament, the House of Commons, on Friday voted to pass a landmark assisted dying bill for terminally ill people, advancing it to the House of Lords for review.
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, proposed by Labour Party’s Kim Leadbeater, had been debated by Members of Parliament (MPs) for months. It was passed by 314 to 291 votes, with a narrow majority of just 23 votes. The bill, if passed in the House of Lords and given the Royal Assent, will grant people in England and Wales who have less than six months to live the right to an assisted death. They will need to obtain approval from two doctors and a panel comprising a psychiatrist, a social worker and a senior lawyer before they can proceed.
Several new amendments were added to the bill before it was passed in the parliament. These include banning those who refuse food and water from being classified as having a terminal illness, and commissioning the Health Secretary to report on the state of palliative care.
The issue of legalising assisted dying is deeply contentious. Liberal Democratic MP Christine Jardine said that she is convinced that the bill will give people who are suffering at the end of their lives a choice. Labour MP Jess Asato, on the other hand, is concerned that the bill will bring about “unintended consequences”. Dr Ben Spencer, a Conservative MP and a member of the Royal College of Physicians, was worried that the bill’s safeguards were inadequate. There are also considerations regarding whether the country’s National Health Service (NHS) is ready to bear the weight of the system and provide the highest standard of palliative care to its patients.
Public opinions are divided, too. A non-profit campaign group, Dignity in Dying, posted on social media platform X that the bill is “a landmark moment for choice, compassion and dignity at the end of life”. Not Dead Yet, a disability rights group, said that the passing of the bill is “a failure to protect those most at risk from societal pressure, isolation, and inadequate support”.
Previously, on May 13, the Scottish parliament voted in favour of a similar bill following a stage one debate. In Northern Ireland, there are currently no plans to legalise assisted dying.
In recent years, many European countries have shifted towards favouring legalising assisted dying. France’s National Assembly voted to adopt a bill providing a right to assisted dying in May 2025. In October 2024, the Irish parliament indicated support for an assisted dying bill. Other European countries that have allowed assisted dying include Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland.
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The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, proposed by Labour Party’s Kim Leadbeater, had been debated by Members of Parliament (MPs) for months. It was passed by 314 to 291 votes, with a narrow majority of just 23 votes. The bill, if passed in the House of Lords and given the Royal Assent, will grant people in England and Wales who have less than six months to live the right to an assisted death. They will need to obtain approval from two doctors and a panel comprising a psychiatrist, a social worker and a senior lawyer before they can proceed.
Several new amendments were added to the bill before it was passed in the parliament. These include banning those who refuse food and water from being classified as having a terminal illness, and commissioning the Health Secretary to report on the state of palliative care.
The issue of legalising assisted dying is deeply contentious. Liberal Democratic MP Christine Jardine said that she is convinced that the bill will give people who are suffering at the end of their lives a choice. Labour MP Jess Asato, on the other hand, is concerned that the bill will bring about “unintended consequences”. Dr Ben Spencer, a Conservative MP and a member of the Royal College of Physicians, was worried that the bill’s safeguards were inadequate. There are also considerations regarding whether the country’s National Health Service (NHS) is ready to bear the weight of the system and provide the highest standard of palliative care to its patients.
Public opinions are divided, too. A non-profit campaign group, Dignity in Dying, posted on social media platform X that the bill is “a landmark moment for choice, compassion and dignity at the end of life”. Not Dead Yet, a disability rights group, said that the passing of the bill is “a failure to protect those most at risk from societal pressure, isolation, and inadequate support”.
Previously, on May 13, the Scottish parliament voted in favour of a similar bill following a stage one debate. In Northern Ireland, there are currently no plans to legalise assisted dying.
In recent years, many European countries have shifted towards favouring legalising assisted dying. France’s National Assembly voted to adopt a bill providing a right to assisted dying in May 2025. In October 2024, the Irish parliament indicated support for an assisted dying bill. Other European countries that have allowed assisted dying include Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland.
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