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The assisted dying Bill is ‘being rushed with indecent haste,’ campaigners warn
The assisted dying Bill is ‘being rushed with indecent haste,’ campaigners warn
CAMPAIGNERS warned yesterday that the new Bill on assisted dying is “being rushed with indecent haste” after a group of nurses urged MPs to embrace a “historic opportunity” to change the law.
MPs will debate Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on November 29 — the first such debate in the Commons in almost a decade.
The wording of the proposed legislation is expected to be published within days.
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