MSPs prepare to vote on whether to legalise assisted dying

The historic vote on Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill is scheduled to take place at around 10pm on Tuesday night.

The historic vote on Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill is scheduled to take place at around 10pm on Tuesday night.

Members will be asked if terminally ill adults with decision-making capacity – and six months or less to live – should be allowed to seek medical help to die.

It is the furthest any attempt to legalise assisted dying has progressed at Holyrood.

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