NEW: MPs have voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) bill.
It goes to the Lords but seems very likely now that Assisted Dying will become law in England and Wales.
314 MPs voted in favour. 291 against. A majority of 23.
It goes to the Lords but seems very likely now that Assisted Dying will become law in England and Wales.
314 MPs voted in favour. 291 against. A majority of 23.
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You people are fucking idiots
Hamas slaughtered 1100 Jews in an unprovoked attack but who cares about them, eh?
They were only Jews
That's not trendy
Politicians have had to be dragged kicking and screaming to agree with the strong majority of the people on this. If they had been more agreeable to it, this could have been more smooth.
Speaking to 'older' people, especially women, the desire not to 'be a burden' is a constant theme
With spiralling care costs & constant 'funeral' ads (watch daytime TV), it's not going to be long before the cheapest option - euthanasia - becomes the 'moral' choice
#justsaying
Important thing is to get this done. It can be fixed later.
Looking at the breakdown, a Tory government would never have passed this.
The most Humane thing Westminster had done for a long time.
Everyone on the Left should oppose this creeping fascist legislation.
I hope they will send it back.
They don’t have to worry about popularity.
It's just gonna be a repeat of the Canadian policy where they offer death to people struggling rather than the support for them to live.