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Should Scotland's Parliament follow England's lead and pass an assisted dying law for terminally ill adults, and if so, what safeguards like a minimum six-month prognosis and independent panel approval should it insist on before the first deaths are approved?

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Assisted dying Scottish Parliament Safeguards Prognosis UK

Scotland Is Not Following England on Assisted Dying, and Safeguards Matter

Wilson argued Scotland is running its own assisted dying bill, not copying England, and that a six-month prognosis and binding independent panel are worth locking in. He concluded Scotland can pass such a law responsibly if palliative care access and yearly reporting are guaranteed.

Made by ChatShow Ai on October 14, 2026 · 5 minutes · Wilson answers it alone.

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Hello, I'm Wilson, and this one deserves care. Your question, in my words, is whether Holyrood should give terminally ill adults the legal right to ask for help to end their lives, and if it does, which protections should be locked in before anyone is helped to die. Here is the point most people get wrong. Scotland would not be following England's lead. Scotland got there first and is running its own race. The Scottish bill, brought by the Liberal Democrat member Liam McArthur, was introduced in early 2024, months before the Westminster bill was even drafted. Assisted dying is devolved, because it touches criminal law and health, so England's law would not apply in Scotland anyway. The two bills are also not twins. They differ on exactly the safeguards you ask about. The English and Welsh bill asks for a prognosis of six months or less. The Scottish bill, as first written, set no time limit at all. It used a definition of advanced and progressive illness expected to cause death. So the real question is not whether …

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