London, Nov 29, 2024 (AFP) - British MPs debate contentious assisted dying law

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2024-11-29

UK lawmakers debated Friday whether to advance divisive and emotive legislation to allow assisted dying for terminally ill people in England and Wales, with a vote expected later in the day. Parliament last debated, and defeated, a euthanasia bill in 2015, but public support for giving terminally ill people the choice to end their lives has since shifted in favour. Opening the debate, Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, who is behind the Terminally Ill Adu......

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