Disability groups warn against assisted dying law

MPs gave a formal first reading to the controversial assisted dying Bill today as disability groups warned against the legislation.
Campaigners on both sides of the debate gathered outside Parliament today ahead of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill being brought before MPs by Labour’s Kim Leadbeater.
The Bill will come up for debate next month, when MPs will have a free vote.
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