Esther Rantzen urges MPs to back ‘strong, safe’ assisted dying bill in vote

Esther Rantzen

from The Guardian

Letters sent by broadcaster and MPs with medical backgrounds call for action to change law

Esther Rantzen has urged all MPs to back Kim Leadbeater’s “strong, safe, carefully considered bill” to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales, which faces its next Commons test on Friday.

[…] Rantzen’s letter accused some opponents to the bill of doing so because of “undeclared personal religious beliefs which mean no precautions would satisfy them”, a charge which has angered MPs.

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