Editorial: Kim Leadbeater has dropped the plan for her private member’s bill to require a High Court judge to sign off someone’s application to die – she now faces an added battle to convince MPs beyond reasonable doubt that the system is safe
The assisted dying bill will now be subject to even more scrutiny – as it should be … from the Independent Editorial
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