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Scotland’s Assisted Dying Bill Faces Final Vote Amid MSPs’ Shifting Support
The bill would enable terminally ill adults with six months or less to live to seek assisted death under stringent safeguards, following 175 amendments debated at Holyrood.
- On Tuesday 17 March Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying Bill faces its final vote at Holyrood, expected around 10pm.
- After four lengthy sessions last week, MSPs accepted 175 amendments and removed Section 18, so passage would trigger legal changes via a UK Section 104 order involving Westminster.
- Procedural safeguards require two independent doctor assessments and a witnessed declaration, with two doctors confirming terminal illness and a six-month rule limiting eligibility.
- The outcome now rests with a handful of MSPs in the middle after last May’s 70-56 stage one vote, with Russell Findlay, Collette Stevenson, Audrey Nicoll withdrawing support and Davy Russell voting no.
- Polls show 78% public support while new surveys spotlight disabled people's concerns, with the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland and Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland opposing over coercion and weakened safeguards.
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lancashiretelegraph.co.uk+11 Reposted by 11 other sources
Final vote on assisted dying Bill is ‘significant moment’ for Holyrood
The Scottish Parliament spent several lengthy sessions last week amending the proposed legislation.
·Blackburn, United Kingdom
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The Hamilton Spectator+6 Reposted by 6 other sources
Scottish lawmakers to vote on whether to let terminally ill people end their lives
LONDON (AP) — Lawmakers in the Scottish Parliament will vote Tuesday on whether to make Scotland the first part of the United Kingdom to allow terminally ill adults to end their lives.
·Hamilton, Canada
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Great Yorkshire RadioMSPs to vote on assisted dying bill for terminally ill adults in Scotland
MSPs have debated hundreds of amendments during multiple marathon sessions as the proposed legislation - separate to that which is being debated in Westminster - has made its way through the Scottish parliament.
·United Kingdom
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