Tuesday evening’s vote saw 17 Members of the House of Keys (MHK) vote for the bill, and seven against.
Legalising assisted dying in one part of the British Isles has moved a step closer after the Isle of Man’s parliament voted a bill through to its next stage.
A further vote is expected to take place next week as to whether the bill should go before a five-member committee to be considered and reported on by the end of February, before moving to the clauses stage. He added that assisted dying is “fundamentally different to suicide” saying that people who request the former “do not want to die” but have instead “arrived at a point where they have an inevitable progressive condition which cannot be reversed and they are reasonably expected to die within six months”.
Trevor Moore, chairman of campaign group My Death, My Decision hailed the vote as an “historic step”, while Sarah Wootton, chief executive of Dignity in Dying said the parliamentarians had “voted yes to dignity”. The Health and Social Care Committee into assisted dying and assisted suicide in England and Wales is expected to publish a report later this year, after hearing from peers, experts and Swiss organisations including Dignitas during its sessions.
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