Assisted dying vote live updates: MPs vote in favour of historic bill after emotional debate
www.bbc.co.uk
The bill passes the first stage in the Commons but will be followed by months of parliamentary activity before it becomes a law.

Some progress, finally.

Edit: for the benefit of the tinfoil hat wearers, assisted dying is not the same as euthanasia.

  • FlaxEnglish
    11·
    2 days ago

    What evidence do you have that the law will become so lax that doctors will aggressively push people to being euthanised?

    Canada

    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      Because “they just will mate. Slippery slope innit.” isn’t one IMO.

      ^^

      You’re just back at the “it’s a slippery slope” argument.

        • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          23 hours ago

          Canada literally isn’t the UK.

          The motion that was passed is nothing like the framework Canada has.

          Plenty of countries ban drinking alcohol. You may as well be saying that having restrictions on alcohol for under 18s means it’s a slippery slope and it’ll be banned here. After all, Saudi Arabia literally did it. America literally did it. Qatar literally did it. Etc.

          Like I said, I want evidence. Not slippery slope fallacy. Show me MPs saying they intend to implement the system Canada has.