- Over 1,000 doctors have urged MPs to vote against the assisted dying bill, claiming it poses a threat to patients and the medical workforce.
- The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, set for a final vote on June 20, would allow terminally ill patients with six months to live to end their lives.
- Doctors argue the bill will widen inequalities, lacks adequate safeguards, and is unsafe, with vulnerable patients at risk of coercion.
- Kim Leadbeater, the bill’s sponsor, argued legalising assisted dying was necessary to prevent desperate actions and “traumatic” trips to Switzerland for terminally ill individuals.
- TV medic Hilary Jones warned that rejecting the bill would regress medicine, stating that current laws cause healthcare professionals to fear legal repercussions, hindering optimal palliative care.
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More than 1,000 doctors urge MPs to vote down ‘deeply flawed’ assisted dying bill
