terminally ill

The bill, which was published this week, would allow terminally ill adults expected to die within six months to seek help to end their life.

The bill, published on Monday, would allow terminally ill adults expected to die within six months to seek help to end their life if two doctors and a High Court judge verify they are eligible and have made their decision voluntarily.

This will be the first Commons vote on assisted dying since MPs rejected allowing terminally ill adults to end their lives under medical supervision in 2015.

On Tuesday Labour MP Kim Leadbeater published proposals to make it legal for over-18s who are terminally ill to be given assistance to end their own life.

The 53-year-old has been told for the past five years that he is terminally ill and knows he could die tomorrow by choking on food or on his own saliva.