Assisted dying is a step closer to being made legal in England and Wales after proposed legislation cleared the House of Commons in a historic vote.

Dame Esther Rantzen has said she felt “enormous relief” at MPs approving the assisted dying Bill. Appearing on ITV1’s Loose Women, Dame Esther, who has terminal cancer, said she had not expected to ...

Assisted dying is a step closer to being made legal in England and Wales after the proposed legislation cleared the House of Commons in a historic vote.

MPs can vote freely on the matter, meaning they must now examine both their conscience ... The Mid Norfolk MP also expressed concerns about creating a “Dignitas suicide sector” in the UK, as well as ...

Switzerland has allowed assisted suicide since 1942. Its Dignitas facility accepts foreign patients and between 1998 and 2023 it helped 571 Britons to die. Assisted suicide is also legal in Austria.

Campaigners on both sides of the assisted dying debate voiced their opinions as they gathered outside Parliament ahead of a crunch vote on Friday. Dame Prue Leith, Dame Esther Rantzen’s daughter, ...

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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 ...

There is an urgent need for assisted dying to become a choice that does not depend on possessing the means to get to Dignitas in Zurich or risk a close friend or relative ending up in court.

This is also why, practically from the time of his diagnosis, he became a supporter of Dignity For Dying, the charity that has long lobbied for assisted dying, and took every opportunity to insist ...