UK MPs vote to advance assisted-dying bill
Al Jazeera
The vote advances the assisted-dying legislation for England and Wales to the next stage of parliamentary scrutiny.
British MPs have given initial approval to a bill to help terminally ill adults end their lives in England and Wales.
After an impassioned debate, members of the United Kingdom Parliament approved on Friday the so-called assisted dying bill by a vote of 330 to 275.
The vote signals MPs’ approval in principle for the bill and sends it on to further scrutiny in parliament. Similar legislation failed to pass that important first test in 2015.
The vote came after hours of debate – emotional at times – that touched on issues of ethics, grief, the law, faith, crime and money.
Hundreds of people on both sides of the issue gathered outside parliament during the session.
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