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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Aine Fox

Historic vote brings assisted dying closer to becoming law in England and Wales

Dame Esther Rantzen’s daughter Rebecca Wilcox (centre left) with campaigner and cancer sufferer Sophie Blake (centre right) supporting the Dignity in Dying protest in favour of the assisted dying Bill, in Parliament Square on Friday (Yui Mok/PA) - (PA Wire)

Assisted dying is a step closer to being made legal in England and Wales after the proposed legislation cleared the House of Commons in a historic vote – albeit with a narrower majority.

More than 300 MPs backed a Bill that would allow terminally ill adults with a life expectancy of less than six months to end their lives.

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