Jersey backs right to assisted dying

JERSEY will become the second place in the British Isles to legalise assisted dying, allowing terminally ill people to “live more of their life”.

- BY HANNA GEISSLER Health Editor

The island’s States Assembly yesterday gave final approval to an assisted dying bill, with 32 members voting in favour and 16 against. The legislation will move forward for Royal Assent and a service could be in place by summer 2027.

Jersey resident Lorna Pirozzolo, 49, has incurable breast cancer and has campaigned for four years to change the law. She said the historic decision would free terminally ill people from the fear of an agonising death.

She added: “Even though it shortens the process of their death a little bit, they live more of their life. I’ve talked