Escalation: UK Lawmakers Reject Assisted Dying Bill
The House of Commons rejected the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in a 286 to 270 vote. The result stops the measure from moving to its next stage.
The bill would have allowed terminally ill adults in England and Wales with fewer than six months to live to apply for an assisted death, subject to safeguards and approval. Its defeat ends the latest push to change the law on assisted dying.
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