Fight continues on assisted dying, campaigners insist

Nicola Laver  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  19 Dec 2024
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Fight continues on assisted dying, campaigners insist

Danny Kruger MP

‘The fight is not over,’ campaigners are insisting, as the assisted suicide bill which passed its first hurdle in Parliament now faces more detailed scrutiny.

And evangelicals are likely to be encouraged to write to the House of Commons committee examining the proposed legislation in detail once details of its membership emerge.

Widespread concerns in the run-up to the debate on the assisted suicide bill, and passionate speeches in the chamber urging fellow MPs not to support it, were not enough to halt Kim Leadbeater’s bill.

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