Assisted Dying Bill fails

Despite receiving support from MPs, the bill failed to clear its final stages before the parliamentary deadline.

High-profile campaigners like Dame Esther Rantzen have vowed to continue the battle, describing the current lack of options for the terminally ill as 'not democratic.' Opponents of the bill argued that existing safeguards were insufficient to protect vulnerable individuals.

The failure of the bill means that physically healthy people, like Wendy Duffy, continue to seek assisted death in Swiss clinics due to emotional trauma.