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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke and David Maddox

Campaigners urge MPs to vote down assisted dying bill over anorexia ‘loophole’

People with anorexia could be allowed to die by assisted death under a proposed bill, more than 250 campaigners have warned, urging MPs to vote down the legislation when it returns to the Commons.

A letter to MPs, signed by 268 people who have suffered with eating disorders, warned: “If this bill had been law during the years many of us were struggling, we would have used it to end our lives.”

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