TV presenter claims assisted dying may not be debated in parliament for another decade if legislation does not pass
Esther Rantzen, whose terminal cancer diagnosis led her to campaign for the legalisation of assisted dying, has issued an impassioned plea to MPs to vote this week on a “vital life and death issue”.
The television personality told MPs “my time is running out” but the issue was one “the public care desperately about” and may not be debated by MPs “for another decade” if the legislation does not pass.
Continue reading… The Guardian Read More TV presenter claims assisted dying may not be debated in parliament for another decade if legislation does not passUK politics live – latest updatesEsther Rantzen, whose terminal cancer diagnosis led her to campaign for the legalisation of assisted dying, has issued an impassioned plea to MPs to vote this week on a “vital life and death issue”.The television personality told MPs “my time is running out” but the issue was one “the public care desperately about” and may not be debated by MPs “for another decade” if the legislation does not pass. Continue reading…