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Kate Forbes has warned that safeguards are "still seriously lacking" in legislation before Holyrood to give terminally ill people the right to seek help to die. ‌

The Deputy First Minister said “critical amendments” to Liam McArthur’s assisted dying Bill had not been passed when they were considered by a Holyrood committee. ‌

She said: "Safeguards are still seriously lacking in the legislation. It leaves a huge risk that this Bill will lead to people dying who want to live." ‌

Forbes stressed she was speaking in a personal capacity as the Scottish Government having adopted a neutral stance on the legislation

She highlighted the failure to pass changes to the Bill relating to identifying coercion, or whether an individual is motivated to die by factors unrela

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