MPs were voting on amendments made to the bill -

MPs were voting on amendments made to the bill - the report stage - following months of a committee going line by line through it after being introduced last year by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater.

The bill says people with six months to live who have the mental capacity can request medical assistance to legally end Животът им.

Дам Естер, който има четвърти рак на белия дроб, предложи доста депутати, които се опълчиха на законопроекта, имат „ недекларирани персонални религиозни убеждения, които значат никакви защитни ограничения, няма да ги удовлетворят “.

However, in a highly charged Commons session, some MPs took umbrage with that.

Labour MP Florence Eshalomi, who is a Christian and voted against the bill the first time, told the Commons: " This is frankly insulting to disabled people, hard working professionals up and down the country, who have ra...

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