Our free email newsletter sends you the biggest headlines from news, sport and showbiz Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailA landmark survey of doctors has found half would like to see assisted dying made legal in Britain. The first-ever poll of members of the British Medical Association, which has officially opposed assisted dying since 2006, revealed 50% support a law change with just 39% opposed and 11% undecided. (Image: Adam Gerrard/Daily Mirror)Some 40% said the BMA should back a law change, 21% said it should take a neutral position and just 33% thought it should oppose it. Ireland this week came a step closer to legalising assisted dying after a new bill passed a legislative hurdle and New Zealand will hold a referendum on it this month. Sarah Wootton, chief exec of Dignity in Dying, added: “It is time for the UK to change the law.”

Source: Daily Mirror October 08, 2020 19:01 UTC