MP behind assisted dying bill suggests scrapping High Court approval
Assisted dying cases would no longer have to be signed off by the High Court under changes suggested by the bill's supporters. The proposed law in England and Wales currently says a High Court judge must check each person is eligible and has not been coerced into making the decision to die.
High Court approval in assisted dying bill to be dropped
Assisted dying cases will not have to be signed off by High Court judges under changes to landmark legislation proposed by the author of the bill. The original terminally ill adults (end of life) private members’ bill set out that two doctors must approve a terminally ill person’s request to end their own life and a High Court judge must sign off the decisions after speaking to one of the medics.
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