UK lawmakers vote down bill to allow assisted dying in England and Wales
UK lawmakers voted down a bill that would have allowed terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives. The measure did not pass. This type of legislation, known as assisted dying, remains illegal in those parts of the UK.
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