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Terminally ill patients with year to live ‘could use assisted dying law’

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Kim Leadbeater will table a private members’ Bill to legalise the practice next Wednesday .

Legislation is expected to include a definition of terminal illness that will specify the timeframe within which someone is reasonably expected to die, with prognoses of between six and 12 months being considered.

She is also consulting with the judiciary on whether every application can be signed off by a High Court judge.

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