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Changes to proposed assisted dying laws in Scotland will ensure “strong protections and safeguards”, the MSP spearheading the proposals has insisted. Liam McArthur spoke out after his Bill, which would allow terminally ill adults in Scotland to seek help to end their life, cleared its second stage at Holyrood. ‌

MSPs on the Scottish Parliament’s Health Committee debated almost 300 proposed changes to the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill. Changes to the legislation agreed by MSPs mean it will now be an offence to coerce a terminally ill person into taking the substance used to end their life – with this adding on parts of the legislation which would make it an offence to coerce someone to make a declaration that they wish to have an assis

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