Isle of Man to pass assisted dying law

TERMINALLY ill people on the Isle of Man will be given "autonomy and choice" at the end of their lives, a GP and politician said as his Assisted Dying Bill took its final step towards becoming law.

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The island is likely to become the first part of the British Isles to legalise assisted dying, after its parliament's upper chamber approved a final reading of the Assisted Dying Bill yesterday.

The Bill will now be put forward for royal assent, at which point it will become law.