Assisted dying for the terminally-ill could be made legal 'within two years’
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mirror.co.ukAssisted dying is set to be legalised in the UK within the next two years. MPs now believe they will soon have the numbers to change the law so the terminally ill can choose the timing and manner of their deaths.
Insiders say Boris Johnson is sympathetic to the change unlike former PMs David Cameron and Theresa May who were opposed. Health Secretary Matt Hancock is also understood to be in favour but the Ministry of Justice is still putting obstacles in the way.
Last week Justice minister Alex Chalk told assisted dying campaigner and former Cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell: “We have no plans to review the law on assisted suicide.” He said that any change would be a matter for MPs and their consciences.
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