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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Aine Fox

Isle of Man’s Assisted Dying Bill to undergo committee scrutiny

A Bill to legalise assisted dying on the Isle of Man will be scrutinised by a committee before progressing to the next stage through the island’s Parliament, the doctor behind it has said.

The Assisted Dying Bill, as it stands, would apply 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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