0 St. 35 Min, 19 Sept 2025 Jahr - Assisted Dying Bill Progresses

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The assisted dying bill has passed its second reading in the House of Lords, moving it another step closer to becoming law.

Nearly 200 peers made their views known on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill over two days of debate.

Opponents, including former prime minister Baroness Theresa May, had warned the bill could introduce a "licence to kill", but supporters spoke of the need to give the dying a choice.

Baroness Luciana Berger, who opposes the bill, came to a compromise with Labour colleague Lord Charlie Falconer, the Bill's sponsor in the House of Lords, to create a new committee to provide extra scrutiny of the details over the next month.

The legislation proposes allowing terminally ill adults in England and Wales, who have fewer than six months to live, to apply for an assisted death, subject to approval by two doctors and a panel made up of a social worker, senior legal figure and psychiatrist.

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