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19Jan

SNP MSP drops assisted dying support over coercion concerns

MSP withdraws support for Holyrood Assisted Suicide Bill.

The SNP’s Audrey Nicoll cites significant concerns around coercion, the risk of a slippery slope and rejection of reasonable safeguards by Holyrood’s Heath Committee as the reasons why she has changed her mind.


SNP parliamentarian Audrey Nicoll, convenor of Holyrood’s criminal justice committee, had backed Liam McArthur’s members bill at its first stage…

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