MPs to debate assisted dying after petition gains traction
Many opposed to a change in the law have voiced concerns that legalising assisted dying could put pressure on vulnerable people to end their lives for fear of being a burden on others.
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MPs are set to debate assisted dying, after a campaign backed by the journalist and campaigner Dame Esther Rantzen gained more than 200,000 signatures.