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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Why have efforts to bring in assisted dying law been thwarted?

Banners are held by pro-assisted dying campaigners as they gather outside parliament in May last year
Campaigners in favour of the new law have accused peers of ‘sabotage’. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

The attempt to bring in new laws allowing assisted dying for terminally ill people with less than six months to live looks likely to fail. The legislation passed the House of Commons but it has struggled in the House of Lords, and campaigners in favour of the new law have accused peers of “sabotage”. Here is what has happened:

Why is the assisted dying legislation not being made into law?

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