Rantzen's 'great relief' after assisted dying vote
Dame Esther Rantzen has said she feels "great relief" after MPs backed proposals to legalise assisted dying in England and ...
Assisted Dying: how MPs voted and what it tells us about ‘cross-party consensus’
The majority of Conservative MPs voted against (an 80/20 split, so a score of 0.60), along with most of the independents who ...
Costs of assisted dying could be among questions at next stage, says minister
The cost of assisted dying plans could be among the questions discussed at the next stage of the legislative process, a ...
Widow celebrates UK assisted dying bill 'victory'
A Guernsey woman whose husband chose assisted dying has welcomed the passing of the second stage bill to legalise it in ...
'Assisted dying could have helped Debbie Purdy'
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Mississippi man has been accused of breaking into a woman’s home and sexually assaulting her, Memphis ...
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Global Health Highlights: From China's Hospital Reforms to Mpox Variant
This health news roundup covers China's new allowance for foreign-owned hospitals, a detected mpox variant in England, WADA's ...
How MPs voted over assisted dying bill
MPs have backed a proposed law that would legalise assisted dying for terminally ill people, in the first vote on the issue in a decade. The vote on Friday, which resulted in 330 MPs in favour and 275 ...
'Palliative care is not good enough - there's no plan to fix it'
Hospices, which provide care for around 300,000 people a year, are struggling for money. Around a third of their funding ...
I’ve worked with vulnerable dementia patients – the assisted dying bill could be devastating
There’s this fantasy that assisted dying means you take a magic potion and drift away like Sleeping Beauty. The reality is ...
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The UK ‘Assisted Dying Bill’: reasons for concern?
If you live in the UK, you could not possibly escape the discussion about the 'Assisted Dying Bill' which passed yesterday's vote in the House of Commons (MPs have voted by 330 to 275 in favour of ...
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Bishop calls British step to legalize suicide a ‘very bleak day’
After the British parliament voted in favor of a Bill to legalize assisted suicide, Bishop Patrick McKinney of Nottingham ...
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British lawmakers give initial approval to a bill to allow terminally ill adults to end their lives – Associated Press
Pro legal assisted dying supporters demonstrate in front of Parliament in London, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024 as British lawmakers ...