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Ella Creamer

Ian McEwan calls for assisted dying rights to extend to dementia sufferers

Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan … ‘The burden on those closest is part of the radioactive damage of it all.’ Photograph: Lydia Goldblatt/The Guardian

Legalised assisted dying should “gradually” be extended to dementia sufferers, the author Ian McEwan has said.

McEwan was “shocked by the snow-drilling attempts” by those opposed to the UK’s assisted dying bill, he told a public book event in London, citing its more than 1,000 amendments. MPs and peers backing the bill now believe it is “near impossible” for it to pass the House of Lords before the end of the session in May due to alleged filibustering.

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