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Warning over assisted dying TikTok adverts as MPs further debate Bill

The Bill is undergoing a second day of report stage on Friday, with various amendments being debated and possibly voted on.

Evening Standard

Adverts for assisted dying to be debated by MPs as divisive bill returns to Parliament

Kim Leadbeater, who introduced the bill, said advertising the measures ‘would feel inappropriate’

The Independent UK

MPs to discuss ban on assisted dying adverts as Bill returns to Parliament

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is undergoing a second day of report stage, with various amendments likely to be debated.

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Assisted dying adverts to be banned if service legalised, Kim Leadbeater says

MP to table amendment amid ‘wide consensus’ that ads should not be allowed to promote the procedure

The Guardian - UK

Campaigners urge MPs to vote down assisted dying bill over anorexia ‘loophole’

Exclusive: More than 250 people who have suffered with eating disorders have written to MPs, warning: ‘If this bill had been law during the years many of us were struggling, we would have used it to end our lives’

The Independent UK

Two more Labour MPs suggest they could vote against assisted dying bill

Andrew Gwynne and Paul Foster express concerns about safeguards as growing number of MPs change stance on bill

The Guardian - UK

Labour splits over assisted dying debate heat up ahead of crucial vote

Rows over ‘conscience issues’ of assisted dying and decriminalising abortion appear to be causing deeper splits within the Labour parliamentary party

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Second Lib Dem MP withdraws support for England and Wales assisted dying bill

Brian Mathew concerned terminally ill people will decide to end their lives as they feel ‘they have become a burden’

The Guardian - UK

There is still time for amendments to be made to the assisted dying bill – but it deserves to pass

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Kim Leadbeater, the sponsor of this private member’s bill, should continue to try to meet the concerns expressed in good faith by its critics

The Independent UK

MPs opposed to assisted dying criticise ‘distasteful’ Esther Rantzen claims

Objections raised to Rantzen’s accusation of ‘undeclared religious beliefs’ in five-hour Commons debate

The Guardian - UK

MPs vote in favour of assisted dying opt-out for all healthcare workers

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will return to the Commons next month.

Evening Standard

MP ‘will not be complicit’ in approving assisted dying law in safeguards call

Labour MP Naz Shah said: ‘I will not be complicit in that and I hope this House will not be either.’

The Independent UK

Care homes and hospices must have right to opt out of assisted dying, MPs hear

The Government is neutral on the Bill and any votes MPs make are according to their own conscience rather than along party lines.

Evening Standard

More protections have been added to assisted dying bill, says Kim Leadbeater

MP behind bill for England and Wales says changes being debated in parliament on Friday will make it stronger

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Evening Standard

MPs must act to legalise assisted dying, Leadbeater urges as debate begins

High-profile supporters include Dame Esther Rantzen while Paralympian Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson is among those opposed.

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: The deepening turmoil over the assisted dying bill

In today’s newsletter: As MPs return to the Commons today to debate the amended bill, emotions are running high and some are switching sides

Evening Standard

All you need to know as the assisted dying Bill returned to Parliament

The Bill will come back for further report stage on June 13.

Evening Standard

Assisted dying Bill returns to Commons amid divided opinion among MPs

Various amendments will be debated and voted on by MPs on Friday.

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MP behind assisted dying Bill defends it as medical body adds voice of concern

The Bill returns to the House of Commons on Friday for the first time since a historic yes vote in November.

The Guardian - UK

Esther Rantzen urges MPs to back ‘strong, safe’ assisted dying bill in vote

Letters sent by broadcaster and MPs with medical backgrounds call for action to change law

The Guardian - UK

MPs are voting on the next stage of the assisted dying bill. This is their chance to create a legacy

What governments do is mostly forgotten, but freeing people from the threat of a painful death would be a great liberalising moment in British history, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Evening Standard

All you need to know as the assisted dying Bill returns to Parliament

The Bill is heading back to the Commons for its report stage where MPs will debate and vote on amendments.

The Guardian - UK

‘Misleading’ to claim psychiatrists do not back assisted dying bill, says Kim Leadbeater

MP hits back after Royal College of Psychiatrists refuses to support bill in its current form before Commons vote

Evening Standard

MPs with medical backgrounds urge assisted dying support after Bill criticism

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is back in the Commons for debate on Friday.

Evening Standard

Doctors raise concerns over assisted dying Bill ahead of return to Parliament

The Bill, which relates to England and Wales, will come before MPs in the House of Commons on Friday for its report stage.

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