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Families who take loved ones to die in Switzerland no longer breaking law, Esther Rantzen says

Broadcaster says MPs vote means police may no longer prosecute people for helping those who go to Dignitas clinic to die

The Independent UK

Dame Esther Rantzen ‘absolutely thrilled’ at assisted dying vote result

The 84-year-old broadcaster had been at the forefront of the debate in the run-up to Friday’s vote.

Evening Standard

Rantzen urges MPs ‘to be honest’ about religious opposition to assisted dying

The broadcaster, who is terminally ill, has been a strong advocate for changing the law to allow dying adults to take their own lives.

Evening Standard

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Dame Esther Rantzen tells MPs every vote is crucial in assisted dying debate

The broadcaster said as many MPs as possible should listen to the arguments for and against changing the law and make their own decision.

The Independent UK

Esther Rantzen urges MPs to vote on ‘vital issue’ of assisted dying

TV presenter says subject may not be debated in parliament for another decade if legislation does not pass

The Guardian - UK

Assisted dying law could come at expense of other NHS services, says Streeting

The Health Secretary said the Government would need to work through ‘a very new way of working’ if the Bill was passed.

Evening Standard

‘Palliative care could improve enough for assisted dying but concerns remain’

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has repeatedly said the palliative care system is not ‘where it needs to be to give people a real choice’.

Evening Standard

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Starmer to study assisted dying Bill and vows no pressure on MPs over vote

Opposition campaigners have raised fears of coercion and a slippery slope to wider legislation taking in more people.

Evening Standard

Blur drummer calls UK assisted dying law ‘psychopathic’ after ex-wife went to Switzerland to die alone

Dave Rowntree said criminalisation of assisted dying shows ‘absolutely no empathy for the sufferer’

The Independent UK

Blur drummer says UK law on assisted dying is ‘psychopathic’

Dave Rowntree speaks out about his ex-wife’s choice to take her life at Dignitas in Switzerland

The Guardian - UK

Britain argues over assisted dying: What to know about the emotive debate

The legislation would allow terminally ill patients with six months or less to live to end their lives.

Al Jazeera

Doctor spared by Keir Starmer from assisted dying charges ‘is sure PM wants law change’

Exclusive: Starmer, then DPP, said it was not in public interest to prosecute Dr Michael Irwin after arrest in 2009

The Guardian - UK

What is the background to the MPs’ vote on assisted dying?

The bill is expected to have strict eligibility criteria and is seen as more likely to succeed than an attempt in 2015

The Guardian - UK

UK public more than twice as likely to support assisted dying than oppose it

A survey of 2,000 adults revealed that nearly half (48 per cent) support assisted dying

Evening Standard

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Al Jazeera

UK parliament to consider assisted dying law this month

Nine years after the failure of the last assisted dying bill, MPs to vote according their conscience.

The Conversation

Assisted dying: first-hand accounts of what it’s like to help a loved one die

Straight away, she told me she wasn’t going to let the illness progress. She wanted to end this at Dignitas. I was really shocked – firstly about her diagnosis, but also about her immediate decision to die sooner than ‘the end’.

The Guardian - UK

‘I want a choice’: terminally ill women urge early Commons vote on assisted dying

Two cancer patients call on election winner to end options of suffering, death at Dignitas, or taking their own lives

The Independent UK

Dana Gillespie: Music is still my last love, in between there’s loads of guys who have come and gone

The singer talks getting Morrissey’s approval for her cover of his song, and her relationships with Davie Bowie and Bob Dylan over the years.

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The Guardian - UK

Jonathan Dimbleby urges MPs to ‘get off the fence’ on assisted dying

Public opinion ‘overwhelmingly in favour of change’, says broadcaster, as MPs debate law in Commons

The Guardian - UK

UK membership of Dignitas soars by 24% as assisted dying in Scotland moves closer

Bill being laid before Scottish parliament could, if approved, allow people in Britain to take their own lives within the law

The Guardian - UK

Woman who ended life at Dignitas leaves video urging change in UK assisted dying laws

Paola Marra says assisted dying is about reclaiming control and calls existing laws ‘unfair and cruel’ in posthumous clip

The Guardian - UK

‘We need to talk about choice’: woman who ended life at Dignitas urges change to UK law

On the eve of her death in Switzerland Paola Marra told the Guardian about her journey and her wish that she could have died at home

The Guardian - UK

Assisted dying law may soon diverge across British Isles, MPs warn

Parliamentary inquiry highlights likelihood of Scotland, Jersey or Isle of Man passing new laws

The Guardian - UK

‘Increasingly unbearable’: Jonathan Dimbleby criticises UK’s law against assisted dying

Exclusive: Broadcaster urges MPs to change law after younger brother died with motor neurone disease

The Guardian - UK

Assisted dying advocate and author Wendy Mitchell dies aged 68

Mitchell, who had dementia, announces her death in letter published posthumously on her blog

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