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Third Holyrood attempt for new Assisted Dying Bill

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assisted dying bill through parliament this week. The Orkney MSP believes that the make-up of the new parliament will enable his Members Bill to succeed, where two other previous attempts have failed.Almost nine out 10 Scots (87 per cent) are said to support the introduction of such legislation, McArthur said, though a previous bid to change the law at Holyrood was voted down by 82 votes to 36 in 2015.The law, if passed, would allow people who have lived in Scotland for at least a year to access medication to take their own lives if two doctors are satisfied that they have met safeguards, including mental competence.That could enable some people with incurable conditions to access assisted suicide by moving to Scotland .The residency.

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