{"id":2374405,"date":"2024-11-29T11:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T16:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/british-lawmakers-approve-assisted-dying-legislation-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-29T11:26:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T16:26:28","slug":"british-lawmakers-approve-assisted-dying-legislation-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/british-lawmakers-approve-assisted-dying-legislation-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"British lawmakers approve assisted dying legislation &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbritish-lawmakers-approve-assisted-dying-legislation-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2374405&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>British lawmakers have taken a significant step towards approving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brave-new-world-do-it-yourself-suicide-pod-may-be-ready-for-swiss-market-by-next-year\/\" title=\"Brave New World: Do-It-Yourself Suicide Pod May Be Ready for Swiss Market by Next Year\">assisted dying<\/a> legislation,\u2064 with \u2062an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-justice-dept-asks-supreme-court-to-save-obamacare\/\" title=\"Biden Justice Dept. Asks Supreme Court to Save Obamacare\">initial vote<\/a> of 330\u2063 to 275 in favor of \u2062a bill aimed\u2064 at allowing\u2064 terminally ill adults in England and Wales\u200c to end their lives. This legal push follows \u200ba previous attempt\u2063 in 2015 that failed at the same stage. During \u2064a passionate \u200bdebate that\u200c included ethical, legal, and emotional \u200bdiscussions, supporters argued that the \u2064law would help provide dignity and alleviate suffering for those nearing death, ensuring \u2063adequate safeguards against coercion. Conversely, opponents raised\u2063 concerns\u2062 about the potential risks to vulnerable individuals, who might \u2062feel pressured to \u2063end\u200c their lives to\u2063 avoid being \u200ca burden. The bill\u2019s main advocate, Kim Leadbeater, emphasized that the legislation focuses on providing choices to dying people rather than a binary decision between life\u200c and death. The bill now advances to further scrutiny in Parliament.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">British lawmakers approve assisted dying legislation<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1895419\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>British lawmakers gave initial approval Friday to a bill&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/britain-assisted-dying-bill-parliament-45f544221d4695e8e20445f6bd25dd4c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">to help terminally ill adults end their lives<\/a>&nbsp;in England and Wales.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>After an impassioned debate, members of Parliament approved the so-called assisted dying bill by a vote of 330 to 275.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3223892\/president-elect-donald-trump-cabinet-picks-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>TRUMP CABINET PICKS: WHO&rsquo;S BEEN TAPPED TO SERVE IN THE PRESIDENT-ELECT&rsquo;S ADMINISTRATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The vote signals lawmakers&rsquo; approval in principle for the bill and sends it on to further scrutiny in Parliament. Similar legislation failed to pass that important first test in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The vote came after hours of debate, emotional at times, that touched on components of ethics, grief, the law, faith, crime, and money. Hundreds of people on both sides of the matter gathered outside Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters said the law would provide dignity to the dying and prevent unnecessary suffering while ensuring there are enough safeguards to prevent those near the end of their lives from being coerced into taking their own life. Opponents said it would put vulnerable people at risk, possibly coerced, directly or indirectly, to end their lives so they don&rsquo;t become a burden.<\/p>\n<p>Backers of the bill told heart-wrenching stories about constituents and family members who suffered in the final months of their lives and dying people who committed suicide in secret because it is currently a crime for anyone to provide assistance.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s be clear, we&rsquo;re not talking about a choice between life or death. We are talking about giving dying people a choice about how to die,&rdquo; the bill&rsquo;s main sponsor, Kim Leadbeater, said in the opening speech in a packed chamber.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She conceded that it&rsquo;s not an easy decision for lawmakers but that &ldquo;if any of us wanted an easy life, they&rsquo;re in the wrong place.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Those opposed spoke of the danger that vulnerable, elderly, and disabled people could be coerced into opting for assisted dying to save money or relieve the burden on family members. Others called for the improvement of palliative care to ease suffering as an alternative.<\/p>\n<p>Danny Kruger, who led the argument against the bill, said he believes Parliament can do &ldquo;better&rdquo; for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-lewis-donald-trumps-accomplishments-as-president-part-two\/\" title=\"Mark Lewis: Donald Trump\u2019s Accomplishments as President, Part Two\">terminally ill people<\/a> than a &ldquo;state suicide service&rdquo; and that the role of legislatures is to offer safeguards for the most vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are the safeguard, this place, this Parliament, you and me,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We are the people who protect the most vulnerable in society from harm and yet we stand on the brink of abandoning that role.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Other countries that have legalized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/assisted-suicide-group-teams-up-with-planned-parenthood-honcho\/\" title=\"Assisted Suicide Group Teams Up With Planned Parenthood Honcho\">assisted suicide<\/a> include Australia, Belgium, Canada, and parts of the United States, with regulations on who is eligible varying by jurisdiction. More than 500 British people have ended their lives in Switzerland, where the law allows assisted dying for nonresidents.<\/p>\n<p>Assisted suicide is different from euthanasia, allowed in the Netherlands and&nbsp;Canada, which <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">involves health care practitioners administering<\/a> a lethal injection at the patient&rsquo;s request in specific circumstances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1895419\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1895419\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK lawmakers greenlight assisted dying bill for terminally ill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2634,"featured_media":2374406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/British-assisted-dying.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[45873,45872,37167,4762,32076],"class_list":["post-2374405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-assisted-dying","tag-british-lawmakers","tag-healthcare-policy","tag-legislation","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/British-assisted-dying.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2634"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2374405"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2374409,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374405\/revisions\/2374409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2374406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2374405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2374405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2374405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}