A bill to allow terminally-ill adults to end their lives has passed an initial vote at Holyrood.

GPs have called for an opt in system for doctors rather than medics having to actively object to participate in assisted ...

MSP Liam McArthur, who brought forward the bill, says terminally ill Scots and their families are "desperate to see the law ...

The general principles of Scotland's Assisted Dying Bill is backed by 70 MSPs and will now go on to be scrutinised further.

MSPs voted by 70 to 56 to support the general principles of Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill.

Supporters believe the bill will ease the suffering of dying Scots, while opponents argue it would fail to safeguard some of ...

Campaigners hailed a "watershed" moment in the history of Scottish devolution and praised MSPs for "listening to dying people ...

The Scottish Parliament has given its initial backing to legislation to legalise assisted dying. A bill tabled by Liberal ...

It brings the proposal a step closer to becoming a reality in the country. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

The Scottish Parliament voted in favor of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill, moving it closer to becoming law ...

The impact of a proposed foreign student tax and concerns about the assisted dying bill make the front pages.

A bill to allow terminally ill, mentally competent adults to access assisted dying in Scotland has passed its stage one vote ...