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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot, Harriet Sherwood and Kiran Stacey

Assisted dying bill’s ‘strict’ safeguards to include long jail terms for coercion

A historic bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales will set out hardline safeguards, including lengthy prison sentences for coercion and powers for judges to cross-examine patients.

The Labour MP Kim Leadbeater said she believed she had put forward “the best possible legislation” but warned wavering MPs that parliament may not get a chance to vote again on the issue for another decade.

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