'A Glimpse of Hope': TV star and campaigner Esther Rantzen welcomes new assisted dying bill

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'A Glimpse of Hope': TV star and campaigner Esther Rantzen welcomes new assisted dying bill
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TV star Dame Esther Rantzen says she has 'caught a glimpse of hope' due to a new bid to legalise assisted dying being laid before Parliament.

TV star Dame Esther Rantzen says she has "caught a glimpse of hope" due to a new bid to legalise assisted dying being laid before Parliament. Later today, Former Labour justice secretary Lord Falconer will introduce a bill in the House of Lords which would allow terminally ill adults with six months or fewer left to live to end their lives.

In his bill, he wants to introduce safeguards so that has to be mentally able to make the decision and that two doctors would have to approve it. Not only this, it must have High Court approval.However, some campaigners have called for a new law to be extended to people living with unbearable suffering, who may not be terminally ill, a proposal that Lord Falconer has said he is "very strongly against".

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