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Jersey approves assisted dying law - where do proposals for change stand in the UK?

BBC News·@Bbc·2 months ago
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A law to allow terminally ill adults the right to choose to end their own lives has been approved in Jersey. The votes in Jersey and Cardiff mean there are now five parliaments across the British Isles that have weighed in on the divisive issue of assisted dying. So what stage is the legislation at in each, and when might the first assisted death take place? Let's start with Jersey which has been setting its own laws for 800 years. Jersey's parliament, the States Assembly, has just passed its assisted dying bill after a final debate. This will allow terminally ill adults with mental capacity to have an assisted death if they are expected to die within six months, or 12 months if they have a neurological condition like motor neurone disease. This timeframe differs from what is being proposed at Westminster and Holyrood where the limit would be set at six months. The Isle of Man legislation set life expectancy at 12 months.…

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