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MPs throw out law allowing euthanasia
Assisted Dying Bill rejected 330-118
MPs rejected the controversial Assisted Suicide Bill yesterday as euthanasia supporters and opponents clashed outside Parliament.
An “unprecedented” 85 MPs sought to speak on the proposed new law, which would have made euthanasia legal in Britain, before it was defeated by 330 votes to 118.
Labour MP Rob Marris, who introduced the Bill, said: “The current law does not meet the needs of the terminally ill, does not meet the needs of their loved ones.
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