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legislation to introduce assisted dying in England and Wales is set to run out of time to become law when a final debate ends in the House of Lords
House of Lords](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/lords) had thwarted democracy by blocking legislation that had already passed the Commons. For today’s newsletter, I spoke to ***Nathan Stilwell***, who has campaigned on the issue for Humanists
legislation failed because it was poorly drafted and did not address practical concerns about how assisted dying would work in practice. Sarah Wootton, chief executive of Dignity in Dying, said a handful of peers, whom
Lords had exposed the bill as “skeleton legislation” that was “riddled with gaping holes”. A spokesperson for the Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF), which represents medical professionals opposed to assisted dying, said, “It is not possible
assisted dying legislation makes his case outside parliament on Friday. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Opponents of the bill said it was flawed and campaign groups said so many Lords amendments were necessary to fix glaring
House of Lords, there will be no moment where Parliament makes its final decision in an historic vote. Instead, time has simply run out. It had become increasingly clear as time went on that
legislation, branded “hopelessly flawed” by opponents, ran out of time. Ruedi Habegger, the founder of Pegasos, described Duffy’s death as a “sane suicide”. He told the Daily Mail: “I can confirm that Wendy Duffy
assisted dying in England and Wales will run out of time on Friday, almost 17 months after MPs first voted in favour of it. The bill has stalled in the House of Lords after