‘People are risking prison by helping their loved ones die because MPs and peers keep ducking the issue, according to a peer campaigning to change the law.
Lord Falconer’s Assisted Dying Bill – which is debated in the Lords this week – will make it legal for adults in England and Wales to be given assistance ending their own life, if it is passed by Parliament .
It would apply to those with less than six months to live and any agreement must come from two doctors.’
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