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A small demonstration by people advocating assisted dying hold a protest outside the Hoses of Parliament as a bill to legalise assisted dying is to be put before lawmakers in London, England, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024.A private member’s bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales has now been published and will be voted on in the House of Commons at the end of the month.
Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, who is spearheading the new bill, said the current laws in the UK are “not fit for purpose” and “leading to people having horrible deaths, taking their own lives having to go to other countries if they can afford it”.The bill allows terminally ill adults – who have less than six months to live – to decide to die.
The patient would have to self-administer the end of life substance too, as a doctor could only prepare it or help the individual ingest.Leadbeater claims the bill offers the “strictest safeguards anywhere in the world”, as two independent doctors and a High Court judge would have to confirm the individual in question is eligible for assisted dying.
The patient would have to wait a fortnight after the judge’s ruling until they could be assisted to die, unless their death is imminent.
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