assisted dying

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The MSP leading efforts to legalise assisted dying in Scotland has signalled support for a change that would limit access to terminally ill people with six months or less to live.

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MSPs approved McArthur's bill in principle in May, six months after MPs backed an assisted dying bill at Westminster that would apply south of the border.

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He noted that the prognosis model "seems to work in a way that doesn't cause undue problems" for medics or patients in parts of Australia and the US where assisted dying is legalised.

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From the moment MSPs approved the assisted dying bill in principle, it has been clear there would need to be significant changes if the proposed law is to be put into practice.

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The government has a "duty" to help get the assisted dying bill through Parliament, Labour MP Kim Leadbeater has said, as concerns grow that time is running out for the legislation.

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