MSPs to vote on assisted dying in Scotland

For the third time in Scottish parliamentary history, MSP must vote on plans to legalize assisted death.

The vote, which would allow adults of terminal volume to seek medical help to end their lives, occurs after parliamentarians voted to favor similar proposals for England and Wales.

Supporters describe the Holyrood bill as a progressive movement to relieve the suffering of dying scots.

The opponents say that it would not safeguard some of the most vulnerable people in society.

Proposal legislation would allow a patient to request medical assistance to end their life, but only if you had a terminal disease and have been mentally declared suitable for making the decision by two doctors.

The MSP of Liam Mcarthur liberal democrats, who presented the bill, recently said that the minimum age of people who could seek assisted death would increase from 16 to 18.

The Scottish Parliament will have a free vote on the bill, that its parties or the government will not receive instructions on how to vote for their parties.

The vote of stage one is in the general principles of the bill.

A simple majority of the votes in favor (more votes of “yes” than the “no” votes) would allow stage two to progress, where MSP could propose changes.

Another vote on the final draft of the bill would be carried out before it could become legislation.

If the MSP do not support the bill in stage one, it will fall.

The ballot is expected to follow a debate in the camera, be close.

The MSP boxes have declared support or opposition to the bill, they thought that many others are believed to be waiting to hear arguments in Parliament before deciding.

The Scottish government is officially neutral in the matter.

However, Prime Minister John Swinney and Vice President Prime Minister Kate Forbes have said they will not support the bill.

Former prime ministers Nicola Sturgeon and Humza Yousaf also oppose, as well as Scottish Labor Anas Sarwar.

In an Instagram post, Sturgeon warned about the potential of “internal coercion”, which she described as “a feeling on the part of people with a terminal term that others could be better if they were no longer here.”

He also raised groups on trying to define terminal disease in legislation.

Sturgeon added: “If assisted death is an option, I am concerned that many people choose that more prematurely than they need.”

MSP Pam Duncan-Glancy work, the first permanent wheelchair user who was chosen for Holyrood, has been among the most vowel critics of the bill.

Speaking on the eve of the vote, Mcarthur said that the legislation had “strict criteria” with people capable of making a decision “in a way that is protected in a robust way.”

Orkney MSP said: “My project of law would establish safeguards that currently do not exist, a situation that leaves many more vulnerable and more likely terminal volume to take the matter in their own hands.”

He added: “Scotland cannot postpone this conversation. And Parliament cannot continue leaving this problem in the” too difficult “picture.

“It must, at least, allow them to consult the amendments to see if a bill that consults the majority support and public trust can be agreed.”

His bill has been backed by the Scottish leader of LIB dem a Alex Cole-Hamslon, conspirator leader Jackson Carlaw and the leaders of the Scottish green Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie.

The Secretary of Social Justice, Shirley Anne-Somerville, and the Scottish conservative vice president Rachael Hamilton have also said that they will vote for the proposals in stage one.

The Secretary of Health, Neil Gray, who will speak during the duration of the debate government, said he would refrain from the vote to maintain neutrality.

A bill to legalize assisted death in England and Wales approved its first stage in Westminster in November.

The proposals face months of debate, scrutiny and possible amendments, as well as the final approval of the common and lords, before they could become law.

The most recent Holyrood vote on assisted death, in 2015, was defeated in stage one by 82 votes to 36.

This bill was presented by the late MSP Independent Margo Macdonald, who died in 2014 after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

After his death, the bill was Harvie tasks, who will again argue in favor of a change of law in this year’s debate.