The Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill has been stalled by a vote in the House of Lords on May 12 2006, where a delaying amendment was agreed by 148 votes to 100. Although this effectively kills this piece of legislation for now, it will return again in the next Parliament in a different form, and so the campaign to stop the incremental introduction of legalised euthanasia to the UK will continue.
Thank you to all our members and others who wrote to the Lords, to their MPs or who turned up to demonstrate their concern on May 12. Over 100,000 people also signed a petition against this legislation that was handed in to 10 Downing Street.
News and information on the campaign for more and better palliative and end of life care in the UK, and to oppose the legalisation of euthanasia can be found here
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The assisted dying for terminally ill has been a long debate not just in the world of politics and medicine, but even to morality sake and schools. There are many pros and also antis. Though, personally speaking I am against assisted dying or the so called mercy killing. Whew! Hope many people still fight for what they believe that is right, eh.
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