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Assisted Dying: Former PM Theresa May Opposes ‘Licence to Kill’ Bill

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Assisted Dying: Former PM Theresa May Opposes ‘Licence to Kill’ Bill

Baroness Theresa May speaking on the Assisted Dying Bill in the House of Lords Parliament TV/PA

The assisted dying Bill has been branded a “licence to kill” as the House of Lords began its historic first debate on the proposed legislation.

Conservative former prime minster Theresa May told the packed red benches of the upper chamber in Parliament that she fears the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill does not have enough safeguards and could be used to cover up medical mistakes.

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