Tim Farron: 'We should not walk away' from assisted dying debate

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Date posted:  29 Nov 2024
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Tim Farron: 'We should not walk away' from assisted dying debate

Tim Farron in 2015, the year that legalising assisted suicide was last voted on. Source: Flickr | Peter Sigrist

Today has been the busiest Friday in the House of Commons for years.

Usually MPs are in our constituencies, focusing on local issues. But today, the Commons chamber was packed. Over 160 MPs sought to express their views on a bill to introduce assisted dying for adults with a terminal illness and less than six months to live.

If it becomes law, this will change forever the way in which our society views life and death. Our newspapers, social media feeds and MPs’ inboxes have been filled with passionate and sometimes angry debate.

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