Summary
Terminally ill patients were denied the right to end their lives when the Lords blocked right-to-die legislation after an impassioned seven-hour debate yesterday. Peers delayed a new law to allow doctors to prescribe fatal doses of drugs for patients in unbearable pain amid fears that it would be open to abuse.
The Lords voted to delay the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill for six months by 148 to 100. Success for the wrecking amendment comes despite a poll which suggested there was public support for the law.See the full content of this document
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House of Lords Blocks Right to Die
The Bill, tabled by crossbencher Lord Joffe, had arou...
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