(SRN NEWS) – Supporters of the controversial legislation, facing a growing public backlash, have agreed to extend debate — meaning that assisted suicide may not become law before 2029. But that is the year that the United Kingdom is scheduled to hold an election — the results of which might put an end to the […]
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Britain’s assisted suicide bill is in trouble
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(SRN NEWS) – Supporters of the controversial legislation, facing a growing public backlash, have agreed to extend debate — meaning that assisted suicide may not become law before 2029.
But that is the year that the United Kingdom is scheduled to hold an election — the results of which might put an end to the assisted suicide bill altogether.
Opponents say that the measure will victimize the disabled and the elderly, for whom a right to die might become a duty to die.