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McArthur: Unfair to suggest finances will influence medics on assisted dying

It is “unfair and unhelpful” to suggest medics would be influenced by making financial savings when considering assisted dying cases, the MSP attempting to change the law has said. Liam McArthur said he expects his Bill to be broadly cost neutral, ...

17 Dec 2024 at 13:23

Scotland

Kate Forbes to vote against Assisted Dying Bill at Holyrood

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister has said she will vote against proposals to legalise assisted dying. Kate Forbes said she does not think “any amount of legal drafting can prevent people feeling pressured to die”. First Minister John Swinney said ...

12 May 2025 at 09:27

Scotland

Health Secretary Gray to abstain on initial assisted dying vote

Scotland’s Health Secretary will abstain in the initial vote on new proposals to introduce assisted dying, he has announced. The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill, proposed by Scottish Lib Dem MSP Liam McArthur, will go ...

12 May 2025 at 13:35

Assisted dying Bill ‘devalues human life’, says top Bishop

The assisted dying legislation which passed its first parliamentary hurdle at Holyrood on Tuesday “devalues human life”, a leading Catholic Bishop has said. John Keenan, the Bishop of Paisley and the President of the Bishops’ Conference of ...

14 May 2025 at 09:36

Scotland

SNP conference goers hear emotional speech in favour of assisted dying

A woman has said her dad would have been saved from “sedation and starvation” if assisted dying was legal when he died. Annemarie Williams spoke in favour of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill during a fringe ...

13 Oct 2025 at 15:03

Scotland

Liam McArthur lodges amendments to Assisted Dying Bill at Holyrood

The MSP behind a Bill to legalise assisted dying in Scotland says he will introduce “a range of safeguards” to the legislation when it comes before MSPs again. Holyrood’s Health Committee will next month begin detailed scrutiny of ...

10 Oct 2025 at 00:01

Scotland

‘No evidence’ assisted dying laws lead to ‘slippery slope’, MSPs told

There is “no evidence” that introducing assisted dying laws leads to a “slippery slope”, MSPs have been told. Holyrood’s Health Committee heard from experts from Australia – where assisted dying is largely legal – during its ...

05 Nov 2024 at 14:18

Scotland

Assisted dying plans for 16 and 17-year-olds to be dropped by MSP

The MSP behind the Bill to legalise assisted dying is dropping proposals to allow 16 and 17-year-olds to end their lives with medical assistance. Liam McArthur said he would raise the minimum age in the Assisted Dying for ...

03 May 2025 at 11:53

We will keep fighting, pledges MSP after assisted dying vote

An MSP and disability campaigner has pledged to “keep fighting” after assisted dying proposals were backed in an initial vote in Holyrood on Tuesday. Pam Duncan-Glancy – the Scottish Parliament’s first MSP to use a ...

13 May 2025 at 20:19

Scotland

First Minister still ‘wrestling’ with view on assisted dying

Scotland’s First Minister has said he is still “wrestling” with whether he believes in assisted dying. John Swinney said he had not come to a “final view” on whether Scots should have the right to end their life. ...

21 Oct 2024 at 17:31

Scotland

It is right that assisted dying Bill should receive ‘robust’ scrutiny, says MSP

The MSP behind proposed assisted dying legislation has said it is right his Bill will be subject to “rigorous and robust” scrutiny from Holyrood’s health committee. Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur’s Assisted ...

17 Apr 2024 at 10:23

Sturgeon won’t back assisted dying legislation

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon will not back a proposal to bring in assisted dying in what she described as the “most difficult decision” of her career as an MSP. The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill ...

12 May 2025 at 15:08

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