By Ilaria Bertini. Finally last week, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill drafted by Kim Leadbeater MP has been published ahead of the Second Reading debate and vote on 29 November 2024. The proposed law on physician assisted dying (PAD) is mooted as being one of the strictest in the world in ensuring […]
Category: Assisted dying
Scottish support for assisted dying/assisted suicide is ebbing away
By David Albert Jones. On 27 March 2024, Liam McArthur introduced his Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill. He said that he was “absolutely convinced” that the legislation would be passed as “there is growing public support for the policy”. Similarly, when the Bill was proposed in 2022 it was argued that public […]