9 h. ago MPs voting to legalise assisted dying is a momentous day for choice

The House of Commons decision to pass Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) bill marks a historic step towards giving people the right to make fundamental decisions about their own lives – as well as how to end them

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10 h. ago Assisted dying House of Commons vote: Key numbers and trends

A majority of female MPs backed the Bill, while slightly more male MPs opposed the legislation than voted in favour.

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11 h. ago Assisted dying: All you need to know following the crunch Commons vote

Here, the PA news agency takes a look at the Bill and what will happen after a significant moment in its journey through Parliament.

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12 h. ago Britain is one step closer to compassionate, kind death for all | Kim Leadbeater

This historic day comes too late for many who supported my bill, but I will never forget their courage and selflessnessKim Leadbeater is Labour MP for Spen ValleyI am relieved and overjoyed by the historic vote on assisted dying in the House of Commons today. The road has been long and hard, and I am very aware that many others have been on that journey since long before I even became an MP. The question of whether to offer choice to people at the end of their lives was first raised in parliament in 1936 – almost a century ago.Since then, terminally ill people have pleaded repeatedly with MPs to heed their simple wish to have control and autonomy at the end of their lives. A courageous few have taken their cases to the courts, even while they confronted the prospect of their own imminent and inevitable deaths. The judges said it was for parliament to decide. Now, at last, the House of Commons has responded, and responded decisively to recognise the justice of their cause.Kim Leadbea...

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12 h. ago MPs led by Keir Starmer vote to LEGALISE assisted dying in the most seismic change to suicide law in decades despite warnings law is unsafe

Medics will be allowed to help the terminally ill end their own lives after a bitterly contested vote in the Commons this afternoon.

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13 h. ago Voices: My husband wanted to go to Dignitas: the new assisted dying bill wouldn’t have helped him

As the right-to-die legislation passes its final Commons hurdle, Mary Dejevsky explains how it falls far short of helping those who might have been pinning their hopes on it, namely people like her late partner with chronic progressive conditions such as Parkinson’s disease

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13 h. ago MPs vote for the Assisted Dying Bill after impassioned Commons debate

The bill was passed in the House of Commons with a majority of 23

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13 h. ago Assisted dying Bill passed by MPs after landmark House of Commons vote

The law proposes that terminally ill adults in England and Wales with fewer than six months to live would be able to apply for an assisted death

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13 h. ago Assisted dying latest: MPs casting final votes on historic bill after emotional debate that left some in tears

Campaigners making final cases as MPs prepare for vote in Commons

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14 h. ago Assisted dying law is 'not safe' claims Labour MP as members make emotional speeches for and against new Bill ahead of crunch vote: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow MailOnline's live coverage as MPs vote on whether assisted dying will become law in England and Wales at the bill's third and final reading in Parliament.

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15 h. ago Police face off with campaigners outside Parliament as assisted dying bill debate gets underway ahead of crunch vote: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow MailOnline's live coverage as MPs vote on whether assisted dying will become law in England and Wales at the bill's third and final reading in Parliament.

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16 h. ago Assisted dying latest: MP who works as doctor explains why he changed mind on historic bill ahead of final vote

Campaigners making final cases as MPs prepare for vote in Commons

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16 h. ago Assisted dying latest: MPs debate historic bill as emotional protesters face off outside parliament

Campaigners making final cases as MPs prepare for vote in Commons

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18 h. ago Assisted dying bill faces crunch Commons vote as MPs switch sides to reject it becoming law on eve of Parliament showdown: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow MailOnline's live coverage as MPs vote on whether assisted dying will become law in England and Wales at the bill's third and final reading in Parliament.

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22 h. ago I hope this is the last piece I ever have to write about assisted dying | Polly Toynbee

Today’s vote is on a knife edge. MPs must take their chance to drive forward personal freedoms – and add to Labour’s legacyMPs, read this horror before you vote today. Here’s how some people are slowly dying, right now, in mortal agony untreatable by the best palliative care: “Some will retch at the stench of their own body rotting. Some will vomit their own faeces. Some will suffocate, slowly, inexorably, over several days.” An average of 17 people a day are dying these bad deaths, according to 2019 figures, as reported by palliative care professionals who see it happen.The Inescapable Truth, a report from Dignity in Dying, revealed what is usually kept hidden from us: the shocking last months for the unluckiest. It could happen to you or me. The assisted dying bill’s final Commons vote today is no abstract debate about slippery slopes or what God wants: to do nothing is to inflict torture on many.Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnistIn the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contact...

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22 h. ago I hope this is the last piece I ever have to write in defence of assisted dying | Polly Toynbee

Today’s vote is on a knife edge. MPs must take their chance to drive forward personal freedoms – and add to Labour’s legacyMPs, read this horror before you vote today. Here’s how some people are slowly dying, right now, in mortal agony untreatable by the best palliative care: “Some will retch at the stench of their own body rotting. Some will vomit their own faeces. Some will suffocate, slowly, inexorably, over several days.” An average of 17 people a day are dying these bad deaths, according to 2019 figures, as reported by palliative care professionals who see it happen.The Inescapable Truth, a report from Dignity in Dying, revealed what is usually kept hidden from us: the shocking last months for the unluckiest. It could happen to you or me. The assisted dying bill’s final Commons vote today is no abstract debate about slippery slopes or what God wants: to do nothing is to inflict torture on many.Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnistIn the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contact...

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28 h. ago Assisted dying law faces crunch Commons vote as MPs switch sides

The relatively narrow majority of 55 from the historic yes vote in November means every vote will count on Friday.

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33 h. ago UK ‘behind curve’ on assisted dying among progressive nations, says Kim Leadbeater

Exclusive: On eve of Commons vote, MP says legislators may not get another chance to ‘do the right thing’ for 10 yearsThe UK is “behind the curve” on assisted dying among progressive nations, the bill’s sponsor Kim Leadbeater has said on the eve of one of the most consequential votes for social change in England and Wales.The Labour MP told the Guardian that the circumstances may never be right again to pass such a bill, which would legalise assisted dying in England and Wales for those terminally ill with less than six months to live, subject to approval by two doctors and a panel of experts. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago MPs switch sides to vote no to ‘drastically weakened’ assisted dying Bill

The four Labour MPs confirmed their intention on the eve of a crunch Commons vote.

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39 h. ago Esther Rantzen and terminally ill preacher make case for assisted dying Bill

The House of Commons will vote on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on Friday, which will see it either progress to the Lords or fall.

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