It will need to clear two more phases of parliamentary scrutiny before it can become law. Doctor Geri Hignett protests ...

Nicki Myers has a condition which means she is barely ever able to leave her bed but says pressures from elsewhere could ...

MSPs voted 70–56 to advance Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying Bill. But real scrutiny lies ahead, with major legal and ethical hurdles ...

A bill to allow terminally-ill adults to end their lives has passed an initial vote at Holyrood.

What changes are being made to the controversial legislation and will it pass? - A new amendment could overhaul the ...

MPs will soon vote on Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill. Analysis of the second reading shows how religion, identity and ...

MSPs are poised to attach amendment’s to Liam McArthur’s assisted dying legislation.

MSPs backed the general principles of assisted dying as psychiatrists raised "serious concerns" over Bill. | ITV National ...

A bill to allow terminally ill, mentally competent adults to access assisted dying in Scotland has passed its stage one vote ...

Many of the enhanced safeguards put forward during the committee stage were in fact rejected by the bill’s supporters: the bill still allows for doctors to raise assisted dying with 16 and ...

The stage one vote on the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill was passed in Holyrood on Tuesday night (May 13) with 70 ...

The controversial legislation is due back in Parliament on Friday as MPs kick of the so-called 'report stage' of scrutiny.