British MPs voted down the Assisted Dying Bill on Friday, a 286-270 rejection that should embolden American legislators pushing back against the same euthanasia agenda targeting the elderly, disabled, and poor.
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill would have allowed adults in England and Wales with less than six months to live to seek medical help to end their lives. Backbench Labour MP Lauren Edwards introduced the measure as a near-identical copy of a bill that passed the Commons last year under Kim Leadbeater's sponsorship before dying in the Lords. This time, the Commons killed it outright.
The five-hour debate laid bare what the euthanasia lobby refuses to admit: assisted suicide does not stay contained. Two former Labour health ministers stood up and told their own colleagues to vote no. Ashley Dalton — herself terminally ill — accused bill supporters of
