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MPs vote against fresh move to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales

MPs vote against fresh move to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales

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Nobody's deity gets to decide how much pointless suffering a dying adult must endure — that call belongs to the person living it. Assisted dying laws abroad prove strong safeguards work, and this choice sits alongside good palliative care, not instead of it. Upholding the right to life has to include the right to decide when prolonging it serves no purpose.

Choice means nothing when the alternative doesn't exist, and for disabled people social care is depleted, accessible housing is scarce and palliative care is patchy. The government's own Equality Impact Assessment admits disabled people are more likely to feel a burden, which guts any claim that consent would be freely given. The Lords found the safeguards wanting, and those weaknesses still haven't been fixed.

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