The bill would allow terminally ill patients with less than six months to live to end their life
The majority of Nottinghamshire's MPs have backed a bill which would allow terminally ill patients to end their life. The assisted dying bill had its second reading in the House of Commons on Friday , the first time it was debated by MPs, and the debate ended with MPs voting in favour of the bill progressing to the next stage.
Newark's Conservative MP Robert Jenrick was one of those who took part in Friday's debate, saying that the safeguards in the bill to protect against abuse were "grossly inadequate". Mr Jenrick said: "Bad law on trivial things is bad enough, but bad law on matters of life and death is unforgivable. Gedling's Labour MP Michael Payne said ahead of Friday's vote that he would be backing the bill, saying in a written statement: "Having lost two family members to motor neurone disease, where there was no cure, where the pain and suffering was acute and where death was certain, I am persuaded by the argument that those diagnosed with a terminal illness, with fewer than six months to live, who have the agency to make that decision, should be able to request and be provided with...
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