The UK Parliament has voted in favor of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, marking a historic moment in the debate on assisted dying. The bill will now move to committee stage and face further scrutiny before potentially becoming law next year.
MPs today voted in favor of assisted dying as historic legislation cleared its first hurdle in the House of Commons following five hours of emotionally-charged debate. The Commons approved the second reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill by 330 votes to 275, with a majority of 55, to continue its progress through Parliament.
The bill, if passed, would allow terminally ill, mentally competent adults with less than six months to live to seek an assisted death with the approval of two doctors and a High Court judge
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