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Evening Standard
Politics
Aine Fox

Assisted dying: Terminally ill ‘distressed’ by Theresa May’s suicide remark

The House of Lords is debating the assisted dying Bill (Parliament TV/PA) - (PA Media)

Dying people were left distressed after language used by former prime minster Theresa May during debate on controversial draft law to legalise assisted deaths, the House of Lords has heard.

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is back in the Lords on Friday for the second day of debate, after impassioned arguments last week saw it branded a “‘licence to kill’ Bill” among opponents but described by supporters as a way of giving choice and showing compassion to dying people.

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