Why a third attempt at legislation for physician-assisted suicide in the UK failed

摘要

Lord Joffe, an independent member of the House of Lords in the UK Parliament, has had three successive attempts to introduce an Assisted Dying for the Terminally III Bill. The latest version was debated and rejected in the UK parliament on May 12, 2006, in what is called a Second Reading-Bills are introduced either in the House of Lords orthe House of Commons (First Reading), but must pass through several stages in both Houses before becoming law.