Assisted Dying Bill: Fresh debate on 'right to die'

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What do you think about this emotive subject?

MPs are to debate whether some terminally ill people in England and Wales should be allowed to end their lives with medical supervision.

Under proposals, people with less than six months to live could be prescribed a lethal dose of drugs, which only they are allowed to take.

It could lead to the first vote in the House of Commons on the issue in nearly 20 years.

The Archbishop of Canterbury is among those to have voiced opposition.

The bill is being brought before the Commons by Labour MP Rob Marris.


Mr Marris, MP for Wolverhampton South West, won a private member's bill ballot in June guaranteeing time in the chamber for the legislation.

Lord Falconer put the first Assisted Dying Bill before the House of Lords, but it ran out of time before the 2015 general election.

MPs will debate the new laws this morning and could then have the opportunity to vote on assisted dying for the first time since 1997

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