The Terminally Ill Adults bill passed the UK parliament by a narrow 314-291 vote. The bill will allow mentally competent adults with 6 months or less to live the option of having doctors euthanize them. The concern is the bill will start off with limited candidates for euthanasia, but keep expanding like Canda’s law has, which now even allows the mentally ill to “choose’ death.
UK parliament votes for assisted dying, paving way for historic law change– www.investing.com
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Britain’s parliament voted on Friday in favour of a bill to legalise assisted dying, paving the way for the country’s biggest social change in a generation.
The legislation passed by a vote of 314-291, clearing its biggest parliamentary hurdle.
The “Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life)” law would give mentally competent, terminally ill adults in England and Wales with six months or less left to live the right to choose to end their lives with medical help.
The bill now proceeds to Britain’s upper chamber, the House of Lords, where it will undergo months of scrutiny. While there could be further amendments, the unelected Lords will be reluctant to block legislation that has been passed by elected members of the House of Commons.
The vote puts Britain on course to follow Australia, Canada and other countries, as well as some U.S. states, in permitting assisted dying.