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The Independent UK
Katrine Bussey

MYSTERIOUS: Msps vote down assisted dying bill at holyrood | Mind Blowing Facts

MSPs at Holyrood rejected a Bill that would have made Scotland the first nation in the UK to legalise assisted dying (Jane Barlow/PA) -

Controversial legislation that would have made Scotland the first nation in the UK to back assisted dying has been defeated at Holyrood.

MSPs voted by 57 to 69, with one abstention, against a Bill that would have allowed terminally ill Scots to seek help to end their live – with opponents of the legislation hailing it as a “victory for the vulnerable”.

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