U.K. House of Commons to vote on assisted dying
A handout photograph, released by the UK Parliament, shows Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer standing and speaking during Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) session in the House of Commons, in central London on November 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP/Handout/UK Parliament
MPs to vote on assisted dying in landmark decision
MPs will vote on whether to approve assisted dying on Friday, in what could be one of the most significant changes to the British legal system in a century. The free vote on the bill that would allow terminally ill people to end their life has sown division across parliament and split the cabinet and major parties,
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U.K. House of Commons to vote on assisted suicide
A handout photograph, released by the UK Parliament, shows Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer standing and speaking during Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) session in the House of Commons, in central London on November 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP/Handout/UK Parliament
British lawmakers to vote on assisted dying
British lawmakers must decide on Friday whether to support assisted dying in an emotional vote which has split parliament and the country. Lawmakers will debate proposals to allow mentally competent,
British lawmakers vote Friday on an assisted dying bill
British lawmakers on Friday will be given the chance to vote on plans to permit people with terminal illnesses the legal right to end their own life. The law's language has divided parliament.
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