Labour's Chris Kane says the arguments both for and against were 'powerful'
Chris Kane, the MP for Stirling and Strathallan, was among the majority of MPs who supported a Bill that would allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales with a life expectancy of less than six months to end their lives.
“I would hope never to be in a position to have to make use of the provisions outlined in the Bill, but, if I am being completely honest, I can imagine circumstances where I may want that choice. Whilst I realise many constituents are in support of my position, I am acutely aware many are not. The Humanist Society Scotland’s CEO Fraser Sutherland said: “This is a victory for compassion and rationality. Kim Leadbeater’s bill is very much along the lines of the moderate, carefully safeguarded model of assisted dying we are proposing for Scotland.
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