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Assisted dying set to become law in England and Wales after MPs pass bill

Terminally ill people with less than six months to live will have right to choose procedure after approval from doctors and panel

The Guardian - UK

Campaigners for and against assisted dying make feelings known at Westminster

Protesters on both sides of the debate gathered outside Parliament ahead of Friday’s crucial vote.

Evening Standard

Retirement Reimagined: Finding Your Tribe in LGBTQ-Focused Communities

Demand for LGBTQ retirement communities in the U.S. is high, but inventory is not easy to find. Here are some safe havens to explore.

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Jean Robinson obituary

Campaigner for patients’ rights who exposed maternity care failings and triggered reform of the General Medical Council

The Guardian - UK

MPs share their own stories as assisted dying debate continues

If MPs back the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at third reading, it will face further scrutiny in the House of Lords at a later date.

Evening Standard

Assisted dying Bill not now or never moment, says Cleverly ahead of crucial vote

Supporters and opponents of a change in the law gathered at Westminster holding placards saying ‘Let us choose’ and ‘Don’t make doctors killers’.

Evening Standard

MPs debate assisted dying before crunch parliament vote

MPs have a free vote on the Bill, meaning they decide according to their conscience rather than along party lines.

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MPs back legalising assisted dying in England and Wales – as it happened

Assisted dying bill will pass to the Lords after MPs vote to accept it, with 314 votes to 291

The Guardian - UK

UK lawmakers to vote on allowing terminally ill adults to end their lives

British lawmakers are set to vote on whether to back a bill to help terminally ill adults end their lives in England and Wales

The Independent UK

'I was terrified I was going to die.' Rape victims in Brazil struggle to access legal abortions

A Brazilian woman who says she became pregnant after being raped in March should have been granted access to a legal abortion

The Independent UK

Overseas-trained doctors ‘put off UK due to cost of living and low salaries’

Exclusive: Research by the General Medical Council found doctors opting for US, Australia and Canada instead

The Guardian - UK

Assisted dying law faces crunch Commons vote as MPs switch sides

The relatively narrow majority of 55 from the historic yes vote in November means every vote will count on Friday.

Evening Standard

Maternity services in Leeds NHS hospitals downgraded by healthcare regulator

Services at Leeds General Infirmary and St James’s University Hospital have dropped from an overall rating of good to inadequate.

Evening Standard

UK ‘behind curve’ on assisted dying among progressive nations, says Kim Leadbeater

Exclusive: On eve of Commons vote, MP says legislators may not get another chance to ‘do the right thing’ for 10 years

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MPs switch sides to vote no to ‘drastically weakened’ assisted dying Bill

The four Labour MPs confirmed their intention on the eve of a crunch Commons vote.

The Guardian - UK

Blue Labour leader Dan Carden switches to vote against assisted dying bill

Liverpool Walton MP, who previously abstained, says legislation would diminish values of family and community

The Independent UK

Repeated failings by the nursing regulator demand a new approach

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: No stranger to oversight errors, the Nursing and Midwifery Council has now been revealed to have allowed hundreds of underqualified or fraudulently qualified nurses to work in Britain. Wes Streeting should now draft in his predecessor to assist in rooting them out

The Independent UK

Scandal-hit nursing regulator wrongly approved hundreds of nurses to work in UK, damning report reveals

Fraudulent applications from centres in India, Nigeria and Pakistan were approved by the watchdog in error

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MP outrage at NHS over 'unfair' closure of only maternity unit in London borough with highest birthrate

Exclusive: Campaigners have warned that shutting Barking Birth Centre puts women at risk

Evening Standard

Starmer hints he will back assisted dying Bill ahead of crunch vote

The result of Friday’s expected vote could see the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill either progress to the House of Lords or fall completely.

Evening Standard

Dame Esther Rantzen’s daughter ‘hopeful’ assisted dying Bill can pass major vote

MPs will gather for the next major vote on the Bill on Friday, which could see it either fall or progress to the Lords.

The Independent UK

Older adults in the US are increasingly dying from unintentional falls

Older U.S. adults are increasingly dying from unintentional falls, and white people account for the vast majority of the deaths

Evening Standard

MP claims assisted dying could be ‘trojan horse that breaks the NHS’

MPs will likely vote on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on Friday, which could see it either progress to the House of Lords or fall.

The Guardian - UK

The Netherlands’ world-leading postnatal care facing crisis, unions warn

Kraamzorg system, where care assistants visit new mothers at home, is threatened by labour shortage and competition

The Independent UK

Works begin in Ireland to exhume remains of hundreds of babies found at unwed mothers' home

Officials in Ireland are starting work to excavate the site of a former church-run home for unmarried women and their babies to identify the remains of some 800 infants and young children who died there

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