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Assisted Dying: Why MPs Changed Their Minds
Published 1 week, 6 days ago
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This episode covers the assisted dying bill rejected on 11 September 2026 by 286 votes to 270, reversing 314-291 support in 2025. It explains the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, reintroduced by Lauren Edwards MP as a Private Member's Bill, a free vote, with the government neutral. It also covers the proposed eligibility, mentally competent terminally ill adults in England and Wales with six months or fewer to live, two doctors and an expert panel, plus safeguards, coercion and vulnerability concerns, the palliative care argument, and why MPs changed their minds.