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Assisted dying backed by MSPs

After MSPs backed a bill to legalise assisted dying, Martin Geissler asks whether the proposals will definitely become law.

A proposal to legalise assisted dying has been backed in principle by MSPs.

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s Kirsten Campbell explains why the bill, brought forward by Liberal Democrat Liam McArthur (pictured), won’t necessarily become law. And MSPs Patrick Harvie and Pam Duncan-Glancy (also pictured) tell us why they voted for and against it respectively.

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