Assisted dying is a step closer to being legalised in Scotland following a landmark vote at Holyrood. Parliamentarians backed ...

Ahead of a final vote, the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill will move to a committee stage where it ...

Scotland’s parliament has passed the first stage of a bill that would allow the terminally ill to end their own lives, taking ...

The Scottish Parliament has given its initial backing to legislation to legalise assisted dying. A bill tabled by Liberal ...

MSPs supported the principles of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill by 70 votes to 56, allowing it ...

MSPs have approved the general principles of legislation that could introduce assisted dying for terminally ill Scots in a ...

Stuart Murdoch, the lead singer of Belle and Sebastian, has joined campaigners to call for urgent action on ME (Myalgic ...

The Bill, backed by the Daily Express Give Us Our Last Rights campaign, would allow adults over 18 who are terminally ill and ...

MSPs voted by 70 to 56 to support the general principles of Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill.

Research by the BBC also suggests that a plurality of GPs may be against the proposals. Over 1,000 GPs responded to a BBC ...

Scotland has moved a step closer to legalising assisted suicide after Liam McArthur's bill passed the stage one vote on ...