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Exclusive: MP leading bill urges MPs to vote to give terminally ill people autonomy over their own bodies

MPs are weighing up how to vote on a bill that would bring about the biggest social change in Britain in decades

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will be considered in the House of Commons on Friday.

When Catie said goodbye to her mother via FaceTime last February, the family’s ordeal was far from over

Most MPs have not revealed how they intend to vote in the free vote on assisted dying

Two friends recently woke up in hospital to find ‘Do not resuscitate’ orders on their notes. We’re all too aware that some lives aren’t valued as much as others, says the actor and disability rights activist Liz Carr

Departments ready to work on assessment of its workability as critics say it is proceeding the ‘wrong way round’

Unlikely alliances and concerns over vulnerable people’s rights have led to fierce debate and ethical uncertainty

‘I would like to dispel all the myths around assisted dying, that people could be coerced. That it’s against God. I would just like people to know it is a dignified choice.’ These were the words of assisted dying campaigner Dawn Voice-Cooper, who chose to share her death with the…

Commons Leader Lucy Powell said the Government will work with MPs to make the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill ‘operable’.

Labour MP Marsha de Cordova made the remarks as she responded to questions on behalf of the Church of England.