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Isle of Man Parliament passes assisted dying bill

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MANX SCENES The Isle of Man's parliamentary buildings. Known as the Wedding Cake building, it is a round, white three-tiered building.MANX SCENES

A set of safeguards have been agreed by the island’s politicians

Proposed laws to give terminally ill adults on the Isle of Man the right to choose to end their own lives have been agreed by the Manx parliament.

It means the bill can now be sent for Royal Assent, making it the first parliament in the British Isles to take this step.

Under the provisions in the Assisted Dying Bill 2023, adults with a prognosis of 12 months or less to live would be given the right to choose to die.

Those eligible would have to be over the age of 18, and have lived on the island for five years.

The Royal Assent process is where the monarch formally approves a bill passed by parliament for it to become law.

Members of the Legislative Council agreed to the latest changes made to the Assisted Dying Bill 2023 by the House of Keys at a sitting earlier.

The proposed laws were brought forward in a Private Member’s Bill by Ramsey MHK Alex Allinson.

Since its first reading in October 2023, the bill has been considered at length by the House of Keys – the publicly elected house, and the Legislative Council – the revising chamber.


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