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42 Comments
I know it’s still early days here, but I’m incredibly grateful to this set of MPs for being brave here. I am often one of the first to pile in on them but A+ for today.
Genuinely excellent news. I didn’t think it would pass actually, but I’m glad it did. 78% of the public support this and an MPs job is to represent us, the public.
I just don’t understand how 275 MP’s can vote against it.
Genuinely surprised that this has gone through, very impressed by our MPs for the first time in donkeys
What a relief. Proud to be British today. Compassion, courage and kindness being put into action.
Should be noted that this only applies to England & Wales — not Scotland. 🏴
Wonderful news! Seeing how my dad suffered in his later months this year, and that could have been avoided and WILL be going forward is very heartening! Also, especially as I have a loved one currently suffering stage 4 breast cancer, so it’s really encouraging that IF she wants to, she can avoid unnecessary pain when she finally loses that battle!
Just the sort of progressive policy the UK needs to hear about at the moment, given some (particularly a grifting politician) seem to think we should go backwards on things like bodily autonomy for women through abortion.
Provided the UK does this right, this should help those genuinely suffering end their lives with some dignity while in control.
Kim Leadbetter has been incredible championing this
I just hope this bill is used with care and not used for to cut funds elsewhere being someone who had family that could not afford palliative care it was destressing watching my gran be refused a cup of tea when begging for one.
I also hope it doesn’t expand to mental health in the future like it does in caranda
The judiciary have explicitly stated that they will not intervene on the will of parliament!
Can’t believe it. Honestly thought it would not get through .
Well done to those who voted, it will hopefully help a lot of people in truly painful situations with no hope of recovery.
Genuinely pleased this has gone through. I’m really glad those who were voting against it based on religion didn’t get their way. There’s no place for religion in politics whether that’s Christianity, Islam, or anything else.
Did the Reform MP stick to his promise of voting as his constituents did (in favour)?
Happy happy happy. Religion has no place telling people they must suffer. I’m ashamed that many are bringing their own believes into other people’s serious problems
I watched some of the debate, it was excellent. Many of the personal experiences, constituent stories, and medical professionals perspectives, were incredibly emotional.
Ultimately the bill will only be for people who are already dying. People against it are acting like anyone will be able to go their doctor and ask for assisted dying, and it’ll be approved. That’s just not what it is.
Holy shit look at us go, honestly shocked we’ve done something
Regardless of whether you support this outcome, I think the debate in the Commons- the standard of the speeches, the amount of respect and empathy- showed our Parliament at its best and really rose to the occasion. Very proud to be part of our democracy today!
As much as I disagree with prominent Tories such as Sunak and Hunt, I am glad to see that they voted in favour of this bill. Can’t say the same of my arsehole of an MP Kruger. I shall be sending him an email this afternoon!
I’m glad because I don’t think people who want to die should pay huge amounts of money to get to Switzerland, but I also honestly do not trust our current medical system to assist in an ethical way.
Great news.
I really wouldn’t want to go through palliative care or end up with no quality of life through terminal illness.
Straight to the nitrogen chamber for me. Make it quick and cheap for all.
Wonder if private health insurance would cover this in the future, if it’s cheaper than paying for care etc… almost mitigating the losses.
Not read the details. Will individual doctors be able to refuse? I assume they will be able to with a different doctor taking their place.
Good news. Also student union debater Kemi Badenoch really has no political instinct at all, trying to turn this issue into a petty party politics argument was quite pathetic.
This is an issue where I feel the MPs have earned their pay today. I can see both sides of this argument and would not like to have to make that decision either way.
wonder how thi legislation interacts with conditions like dementia. could a person grant their express consent pre-diagnosis while in good health, and then have that used post-disgnosis?
because as written, there is effectively no way for sufferers of dementia to end their lives, or they would be forced to end their lives considerably earlier than they may wish to.
BBC managed to talk to labour MP named Andrew Slaughter, I feel like they hunted him down because of the humorous connotations
Fantastic news… I can only echo the comment saying I’m impressed by our MPs for the first time in a long time – this kind of decision takes some backbone
I want strict regulation and very tight controls around this, but it’s absolutely something that I want to exist in my country
I watched my grandad die of Parkinsons and I have abso-fucking-lutely no intention of going the same way, suffering myself physically and emotionally for years while my family suffer emotionally around me. I can barely remember my grandad in his “good” years because my memories are so overwhelmed by the memory of the shell of a person he became by the end
I have a health condition that at some point could see my lungs turn to concrete and have me gasping for every breath I take.
Yes I am glad I could have the option to not go through that.
I have cancer I am on meds until they either stop working or my body can no longer tolerate them. I am happy that I will get a chance to end any future suffering.
Not gonna lie. Proud to be a part of British society today. Massive step towards allowing people informed choice about their lives
Good. My mum had cancer and went into hospice care 6 weeks before she died. The hospice was lovely (shout out to St Leonards in York, you’re fantastic) but she often said she wished she could just end it rather than sitting around waiting to die, and she hated that we, her family, were just waiting for the inevitable. Yes she was medicated but she was still in pain, she was grieving for the life she wouldn’t go on to live, she hated it.
I’m all for it
I really didn’t think this would pass, and I’m elated for all the people that want it that it has. For the people who don’t want it there’s also great news, they can just continue not to do it and be totally unaffected.
I’m neither for or against this however i do hope no one celebrates this, as assisted dying is a sad thing, a last choice option which i would put it in the same basket as abortion, it’s not something to celebrate since it’s a sensitive topic that all involved are making a hard choices to end a life.
Good. People really should have the option. It’s cruel to drug people up to the eye balls so they don’t know where they are when they are in so much pain and nearing the end
Took way too long. Glad it’s here. We should all have the right to die with dignity and at a time of our choosing.
I’m glad this passed. I really didn’t think it would and I’m disappointed my local MP voted against it but happy the ayes won out in the end.
My grandad died of cancer when I was 18 and I clearly remember times where he’d asked the doctors or nurses in the hospital if they could do anything to let him go sooner. This man who’d I’d grown up looking up to and had only a few months prior seemed like he was doing fine in the circumstances was suffering right in front of me and there was nothing we or anyone could do. Ever since then, I’ve hoped today would not be too far away so others do not have to see the suffering I saw back then.
I’m a bit stupid but is there any way this can abused ? Say if a totalitarian party gets voted in and wants to get rid of people? Of relatives with bad interests ?
Who makes the final judgment on if the person is allowed to die and who administers it? Will doctors be allowed due to their oath? Then who will monitor the government or people in charge? Etc
No opinion on this just have some questions.
This post is just going to be full of people being contrarian for the sake of it
Seen a few comments by people and MP’s against it and their reasoning seems absurd. Saying that doctors will be scared to see the fear in their patients eyes as if they’re offering it as a service.
It’s the patients decision. Doctors needn’t be mentioning it at all.
Really, going to be fun in five years or so when the Tories sneak back in, and it becomes the cheaper option to kill the poors, rather than give them surgery for cancer and so on.
And soon they’ll be voting yet again against supported living, in the form of disability payments.
Which shows how much they actually care about the quality of human life, when they’ll support quick deaths over long but expensive lives.