New UK bill aims to legalize assisted dying for people who are terminally ill
AP Medical Writer
LONDON (AP) — A new bill aiming to legalize assisted dying in Britain was introduced in Parliament on Wednesday, marking the first time in nearly a decade that lawmakers will debate allowing doctors to help end people’s lives after previous court challenges to change the law failed. The Labour politician Kim Leadbeater read out the bill’s name in the House of Commons, formally starting its journey through Parliament. The bill grants terminally ill people in England and Wales a way to allow physicians to help them die, although the details of the bill won’t be released until later next month, ahead of a Parliamentary discussion and vote.
