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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Aine Fox

Isle of Man first parliament in British Isles to pass assisted dying legislation

The Isle of Man’s parliament has been considering the Assisted Dying Bill for three years (Alamy/PA) -

Terminally ill people on the Isle of Man will be given “autonomy and choice” at the end of their lives, a GP and politician said as his Assisted Dying Bill took its final step towards becoming law.

The island is likely to become the first part of the British Isles to legalise assisted dying, after its proposed legislation was voted through by the parliament’s upper chamber.

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