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Assisted dying law closer but MPs’ support narrows in historic vote

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has cleared the Commons and will now move to the Lords.

The Independent UK

Rantzen: MPs backing assisted dying Bill will protect people from ‘bad death’

Campaigners inside Parliament and outside in Parliament Square were jubilant and tearful following the result of the vote.

Evening Standard

Hospices warn of facing ‘huge implications’ after assisted dying Bill passed

MPs voted 314 to 291 in favour of the legislation at third reading on Friday.

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Assisted dying: All you need to know following the crunch Commons vote

Here, the PA news agency takes a look at the Bill and what will happen after a significant moment in its journey through Parliament.

Evening Standard

Assisted dying: How your MP voted

See the votes of every MP present in the Commons for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

The Independent UK

Voices: My husband wanted to go to Dignitas: the new assisted dying bill wouldn’t have helped him

COMMENT: As the right-to-die legislation passes its final Commons hurdle, Mary Dejevsky explains how it falls far short of helping those who might have been pinning their hopes on it, namely people like her late partner with chronic progressive conditions such as Parkinson’s disease

The Independent UK

Why assisted dying could still be thwarted

NEWS ANALYSIS: While supporters of assisted dying have won an important victory today, David Maddox explains why their battle to get it into law is not finished yet

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Historic vote brings assisted dying closer to becoming law in England and Wales

The Bill has completed its first stages in the Commons and will move to the House of Lords for further debate and scrutiny.

Evening Standard

Assisted dying set to become law in England and Wales after MPs pass bill

Terminally ill people with less than six months to live will have right to choose procedure after approval from doctors and panel

The Guardian - UK

Assisted dying set to be legalised as MPs back Kim Leadbeater’s bill in historic vote

Kim Leadbeater’s bill has now passed all its stages in the Commons and will go to the Lords, where it is likely to meet more scrutiny

The Independent UK

MPs share their own stories as assisted dying debate continues

If MPs back the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at third reading, it will face further scrutiny in the House of Lords at a later date.

Evening Standard

Assisted dying Bill not now or never moment, says Cleverly ahead of crucial vote

Supporters and opponents of a change in the law gathered at Westminster holding placards saying ‘Let us choose’ and ‘Don’t make doctors killers’.

Evening Standard

MPs debate assisted dying before crunch parliament vote

MPs have a free vote on the Bill, meaning they decide according to their conscience rather than along party lines.

Evening Standard

MPs vote for the Assisted Dying Bill after impassioned Commons debate

The bill was passed in the House of Commons with a majority of 23

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The Independent UK

UK lawmakers to vote on allowing terminally ill adults to end their lives

British lawmakers are set to vote on whether to back a bill to help terminally ill adults end their lives in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

I hope this is the last piece I ever have to write in defence of assisted dying

Today’s vote is on a knife edge. MPs must take their chance to drive forward personal freedoms – and add to Labour’s legacy, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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