A bill to allow euthanasia in England and Wales was tabled in the British Parliament today. Under the bill, generally adults diagnosed with terminal illnesses and expected to live less than six months, and provided the patients are healthy, would have the right to end their lives with medical assistance . But for that to happen, two independent doctors would have to give an opinion in favor of euthanasia and a Supreme Court judge would have to sign off on giving the patient the lethal dose of drugs. Anyone who pressures a person to request euthanasia faces up to 14 years in prison. Proponents of the bill, led by Labor MP Kim Leadbeater, argue that the bill in question provides the most stringent safeguards in the world by ending the worst-case scenario for humans, that of horrific death. Advocates of the bill’s veto, incl […]
Source: News Beast
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