Isle of Man Parliament passes assisted dying bill

Proposed laws to give terminally ill adults on the Isle of Man the right to choose to end their own lives have been agreed by the Manx parliament.

It means the bill can now be sent for Royal Assent, making it the first parliament in the British Isles to take this step.

Under the provisions in the Assisted Dying Bill 2023, adults with a prognosis of 12 months or less to live would be given the right to choose to die.

Those eligible would have to be over the age of 18, and have lived on the island for five years.

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