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thewayneThe bill passed the Commons 314-291 and now goes to the Lords, and I don't have a clue what happens there.
The bill is fairly simple in operation. If you have a terminal condition and six months to live, you have the right to end your life. Two doctors go before a three-person panel who must approve your application, and that seems to about it. The original legislation had the two doctors going before a judge, fears of further clogging up the judiciary had them change it to the panel. No information on how the panel is constituted.
Canada, Spain, New Zealand, most of Australia, and clinics in Switzerland support assisted dying, along with the USA states Oregon, Washington, and California.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/20/uk/uk-assisted-dying-commons-vote-gbr-intl
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/20/1354239/lawmakers-in-britain-narrowly-approve-bill-to-legalize-assisted-dying
The bill is fairly simple in operation. If you have a terminal condition and six months to live, you have the right to end your life. Two doctors go before a three-person panel who must approve your application, and that seems to about it. The original legislation had the two doctors going before a judge, fears of further clogging up the judiciary had them change it to the panel. No information on how the panel is constituted.
Canada, Spain, New Zealand, most of Australia, and clinics in Switzerland support assisted dying, along with the USA states Oregon, Washington, and California.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/20/uk/uk-assisted-dying-commons-vote-gbr-intl
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/20/1354239/lawmakers-in-britain-narrowly-approve-bill-to-legalize-assisted-dying
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Date: 2025-06-21 05:11 pm (UTC)"It proposed letting terminally ill people end their life if they:
- are over 18, live in England or Wales, and have been registered with a GP for at least 12 months
- have the mental capacity to make the choice and be deemed to have expressed a clear, settled and informed wish, free from coercion or pressure
- be expected to die within six months
- make two separate declarations, witnessed and signed, about their wish to die
- satisfy two independent doctors that they are eligible - with at least seven days between each assessment"
The House of Lords can vote for, or against, or introduce and vote on ammendments before sending the Bill back to the Commons for more scrutiny and another vote (likely).
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Date: 2025-06-21 06:08 pm (UTC)Thanks for the add'l info!
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Date: 2025-06-22 12:33 am (UTC)From what I read, I'm not surprised! For and against across all sorts of divides.
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Date: 2025-06-21 11:08 pm (UTC)https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/maid-access-debate-contentious-1.6300345
From 2024:
https://news.ok.ubc.ca/2024/06/25/nurses-wrestle-with-ethical-questions-on-maid/
https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/the-passionate-eye/when-it-comes-to-medically-assisted-dying-critics-say-canada-has-left-people-with-mental-illness-behind-1.7368322
From 2025:
https://macleans.ca/longforms/canada-maid-mental-illness/
This is just an extremely limited snapshot, and I have my own concerns and bias on the matter.
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Date: 2025-06-22 05:10 am (UTC)We don't have assisted suicide here, but close.
We have what is called Comfort Cares, which means you basically stop all cares, but pain meds and such things to keep the person comfortable.
I have always said, if I got a rotten diagnosis, I would want a one way ticket to Amsterdam where it's legal, or at least it was many years ago. :o
Hugs, Jon
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Date: 2025-06-22 05:16 am (UTC)Yeah, basic palliative care where you can suspend treatment. I agree, it should be a basic human right. But there is a cost to those who administer it.
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Date: 2025-06-22 05:33 am (UTC)