UK lawmakers to make fresh attempt to legalise assisted dying
Lauren Edwards is reviving the measure after it failed in the House of Lords, with two in three Britons backing legalisation, Ipsos said.
- British lawmakers are making a fresh push on Friday to legalize assisted dying for terminally ill people, hoping public support will drive the law through six months after a previous effort failed.
- Lauren Edwards, a lawmaker in Prime Minister Andy Burnham's Labour Party, is reintroducing the legislation to the House of Commons through a Private Member's Bill mechanism allowing individual lawmakers to pass laws independently.
- An Ipsos poll published on Monday showed two in three Britons support legalizing assisted dying in principle, though backing often hinges on additional funding being provided for palliative care.
- The previous bill failed in the House of Lords after members ran out of time to debate amendments, while the Commons had passed the 2025 legislation by 314 votes to 291 against.
- Concerns regarding the protection of vulnerable ill people from coercion derailed the last attempt, and Prime Minister Andy Burnham previously stated the debate should wait until adult social care systems are fixed.
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UK lawmakers to make fresh attempt to legalise assisted dying
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The Independent (US)Assisted dying ‘unsanctionable’ due to ‘fears of poor end-of-life care’
Multiple charities have repeatedly warned access to and quality of end-of-life care is too patchy across the country and that the sector is severely lacking in funding
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