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The U.K.'s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill passed its third and final reading in the House of Commons by a margin of 314 to 291 on Friday, with the text now entering the House of Lords.

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The U.K.'s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill passed its third and final reading in the House of Commons by a margin of 314 to 291 on Friday, with the text now entering the House of Lords.

The bill <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://verity.news/story/2024/uk-mps-back-historic-assisted-dying-bill-in-landmark-vote">passed its second reading last November</a> by 330 votes to 275, but returned to the Commons chamber after a committee and report stage, which <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://verity.news/story/2025/mps-vote-to-replace-high-court-role-in-assisted-dying-bill">replaced the role of High Court approval </a>with a review panel composed of a "legal member," a psychiatrist, and a social worker.

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The bill passed its second reading last November by 330 votes to 275, but returned to the Commons chamber after a committee and report stage, which replaced the role of High Court approval with a review panel composed of a "legal member," a psychiatrist, and a social worker.

The bill will now undergo identical stages in the House of Lords as seen in the Commons. However, under the Parliament Act 1949, the Lords cannot delay a bill from the Commons in more than two sessions within the period of one year.

The bill will now undergo identical stages in the House of Lords as seen in the Commons. However, under the Parliament Act 1949, the Lords cannot delay a bill from the Commons in more than two sessions within the period of one year.

The text, applicable to England and Wales, allows a mentally capable adult, aged over 18, who is terminally ill with less than six months to live, to be provided a self-administered substance to end their life following approval from two doctors and an expert panel. The bill will come into full effect within four years of becoming law.

The text, applicable to England and Wales, allows a mentally capable adult, aged over 18, who is terminally ill with less than six months to live, to be provided a self-administered substance to end their life following approval from two doctors and an expert panel. The bill will come into full effect within four years of becoming law.

According to YouGov, as of May this year 75% of Britons were in favor of assisted dying in principle, with 73% in favor of the provisions found in the bill's text.

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According to YouGov, as of May this year 75% of Britons were in favor of assisted dying in principle, with 73% in favor of the provisions found in the bill's text.

The free vote saw Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, former Labour leader Ed Miliband, and former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak vote for the bill, while Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, Health Secretary Wes Streeting, and Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood voted against.

The free vote saw Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, former Labour leader Ed Miliband, and former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak vote for the bill, while Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, Health Secretary Wes Streeting, and Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood voted against.

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Terminal patients deserve to be treated with dignity in their final moments, rather than enduring unnecessary suffering in hospital settings. Progressive societies recognize that compassionate choice trumps forced suffering — allowing individuals to author their own peaceful endings. When palliative care fails and pain becomes unbearable, assisted dying offers the ultimate human right: control over one's own mortality with grace.

Terminal patients deserve to be treated with dignity in their final moments, rather than enduring unnecessary suffering in hospital settings. Progressive societies recognize that compassionate choice trumps forced suffering — allowing individuals to author their own peaceful endings. When palliative care fails and pain becomes unbearable, assisted dying offers the ultimate human right: control over one's own mortality with grace.

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Assisted dying shifts the role of healthcare providers from healers to executioners, corrupting medicine's core duty to preserve life. What is framed as a compassionate choice for the terminally ill inevitably has broader implications — Canada's experience highlights this unsettling truth. Rather than sanctioning state-approved killing that pressures vulnerable populations into premature death, society must invest in exceptional palliative care that honors human dignity without abandoning hope.

Assisted dying shifts the role of healthcare providers from healers to executioners, corrupting medicine's core duty to preserve life. What is framed as a compassionate choice for the terminally ill inevitably has broader implications — Canada's experience highlights this unsettling truth. Rather than sanctioning state-approved killing that pressures vulnerable populations into premature death, society must invest in exceptional palliative care that honors human dignity without abandoning hope.

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Assisted dying: an idea whose time has come

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There is a 48% chance that assisted dying for terminally ill adults will be legal for the majority of U.K. residents before 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

There is a 48% chance that assisted dying for terminally ill adults will be legal for the majority of U.K. residents before 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

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