One of Northern Ireland’s major loyal orders, the Royal Black Institution, has issued a statement opposing the erosion of ...

The UK Parliament has passed a historic Assisted Dying Bill, allowing terminally ill, mentally competent adults with less than six months to live to request medical help to end their lives.

The Trump administration criticized the United Kingdom over its recently passed assisted dying bill, claiming the new ...

U.K. lawmakers have backed a bill to allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives in a historic vote in Parliament that takes it a step nearer to becoming law.

The UK Parliament moves closer to legalizing assisted dying for terminally ill adults. The bill now advances to the House of ...

Assisted dying bill passes first vote in U.K. 02:24 London — After hours of impassioned debate, British lawmakers in the House of Commons voted Friday to pass a bill that would allow terminally ...

It is one of more than 200 hospices represented by the charity Hospice UK. These are at the centre of palliative (end-of-life) care in the country - and as a result, at the centre of the current ...

The draft law that would legalise assisted dying in some circumstances in England and Wales has cleared all of its initial stages in the House of Commons. MPs voted in favour of the Terminally Ill ...

A small demonstration by people advocating assisted dying hold a protest outside the Hoses of Parliament as a bill to legalise assisted dying is to be put before lawmakers in London, England ...

Friday's vote marked a major shift in attitudes compared to 2015, the last time that an assisted dying bill was presented before the House. Then, the bill was defeated 330 to 118 after four hours ...

Britain's parliament took a historic step towards allowing euthanasia on Friday when MPs backed contentious legislation that would introduce assisted dying for terminally ill people. Lawmakers in ...

Whether the assisted dying bill still passes into law is, in theory, down to just 28 MPs. This is the number of members that would need to switch from a yes to no vote to shoot down the bill for good.