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January 29, 2025

‘Don’t gag doctors’, let them raise assisted dying choice with patients – BMA chief

The delicate and complex process of putting together the assisted dying legislation is underway with the Bill Committee of MPs taking evidence from experts. One early stand out moment came from the BMA’s head of ethics as he appealed to parliamentarians not to ‘gag doctors,’ but allow them to raise the possibility of an assisted…
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November 25, 2024

Kim Leadbeater, the MP behind UK’s assisted dying bill rejects ‘slippery slope’ claim

The Labour MP behind the assisted dying bill said she has “no doubts” about its safeguards after a minister warned it would lead to a “slippery slope” of “death on demand”. Kim Leadbeater told Sky’s Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips that she has “huge respect” for Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood, but that she doesn’t agree with her opinion. In…
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