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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Aine Fox

‘Isle of Man on path to be first in British Isles to legalise assisted dying’

Campaigners have hailed a “historic vote” on assisted dying which they said puts the Isle of Man on the path to becoming the first part of the British Isles to see it legalised.

The Assisted Dying Bill, as it stands, applies only to terminally ill adults who have been “ordinarily resident” on the island for at least a year and who are reasonably expected to die within six months.

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