The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill would give mentally competent adults who have been diagnosed with a terminal condition the right to end their life. — iStock picLONDON, March 28 — Legislation that would allow people living in Scotland with a terminal illness to take their own lives was laid before the country’s parliament today as a poll showed the policy is backed by most of the population.
The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill would give mentally competent adults who have been diagnosed with a terminal condition the right to end their life. A survey by the campaign group Dignity in Dying, which campaigns in favour of legalisation, found that more than three quarters of Scots were in favour of the policy.Opponents of the legislation said the poll does not reflect the change in attitudes once the dangers are highlighted.
Scotland’s semi-autonomous government, which has control over areas such as healthcare, education and some taxation, has in the past diverged on policy from the three other countries in the United Kingdom - England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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