Assisted dying bill vote
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They all talk about how they love getting to know their patients and their families.But all three have different views on assisted dying.Right now, the law here is clear: medics cannot help patients to take their own lives.
Bill returns to the House of Commons on Friday. But a group of leading social care organisations has raised concerns over the proposed change to the law, flagging worries about coercion.
A BBC survey of GPs also found a majority were opposed, although it was not a representative sample. BBC News sent more than 5,000 GPs a questionnaire; “more than 1,000 GPs replied, with about 500 telling us they were against an assisted dying law and about 400 saying they were in favour”.
Kim Leadbeater has proposed that advertising assisted dying services should be banned as she attempts to strengthen her Bill before it is put before Parliament. The Labour MP, who is sponsoring the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill which would allow people in England and Wales with fewer than six months to live to end their lives,
MSPs backed the general principles of assisted dying as psychiatrists raised "serious concerns" over Bill. | ITV National News
The Bill, backed by the Daily Express Give Us Our Last Rights campaign, would allow adults over 18 who are terminally ill and are in the final six months of their life to request assistance from a doctor to end their life. A government assessment has estimate there could eventually be up to 4,500 assisted deaths each year,
MSPs will vote this week on whether or not to allow terminally ill adults to seek medical help to end their lives.