Assisted dying bill fails to clear House of Lords

Описание: A bill which would grant terminally ill adults the right to end their life if they had 6 months left to live - will not become law - after it failed to clear the House of Lords in time.

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MPs in the house of commons had voted in favour of changing the law, but following intense scrutiny by peers the bill will be timed out after a final debate this afternoon.

Supporters of assisted dying say they will attempt to re-introduce it in the next parliamentary session in May.

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