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Edna Mohamed

Britain argues over assisted dying: What to know about the emotive debate

Kim Leadbeater appears in the House of Commons to present the Assisted Dying Bill [File: Handout/House of Commons via Reuters]

London, United Kingdom – Britain is debating the issue of assisted dying after a bill to legalise it in England and Wales was formally introduced in parliament last week – the first attempt to change the law in a decade.

If it were enacted, assisted dying would legally give terminally ill, mentally competent adults with six months or less to live the right to choose to end their lives with medical help.

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