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2026 \u2013 Evening\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"helper-site-row o-article-newsy\">\n<div class=\"helper-site-container o-article-newsy__container\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__main\">\n<header class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__header\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs\">\n<div id=\"adb-article-breadcrumb\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs__list\">\n<p>                          Europe<\/p>\n<p>                          Europe News<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            UK House of Lords accused of &#8216;obstructionism&#8217; as time runs out on assisted dying bill<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" 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wish to die, in a historic vote last June.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>A bill to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults in England and Wales failed in parliament on Friday after getting bogged down in Britain&#8217;s unelected upper house, as campaigners vowed to fight on.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Charlie Falconer, who sponsored the legislation in the House of Lords, accused opponents of &#8220;pure obstructionism&#8221; after the bill simply ran out of time.<\/p>\n<p>MPs in the House of Commons had backed legalising euthanasia for adults who have been given less than six months to live and can clearly express a wish to die, in a historic vote last June.<\/p>\n<p>But more than 1,200 bill amendments subsequently introduced in the second chamber meant that after the end of Friday&#8217;s debate there was no chance it would pass before parliament concludes its current session next week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was an absolute travesty of our processes in which a few Lords manipulated by putting down 1,200 amendments&#8230; and then talking and talking and talking,&#8221; Falconer said minutes after the bill failed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The problem was pure obstructionism by a small number,&#8221; he insisted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/73\/55\/00\/808x539_cmsv2_293aaa7f-a59b-58fb-817e-6fd2dd64b539-9735500.jpg\" alt=\"A campaigner holds a banner outside parliament in London as a proposed law to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales ran out of time, 24 April, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">A campaigner holds a banner outside parliament in London as a proposed law to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales ran out of time, 24 April, 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kim Leadbeater, the MP who introduced the bill in the House of Commons in 2024, added she believed there was a &#8220;real sense of injustice&#8230;that what&#8217;s happened is wrong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Both chambers of Britain&#8217;s parliament must approve legislation for it to become law and bills that are still in progress when a session ends usually fail.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re incredibly angry with what&#8217;s happened but we&#8217;re determined to get it through, this is not the end, we will not be stopped,&#8221; campaigner Rebecca Wilcox told the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n<p>Wilcox added assisted dying advocates hope that an MP will carry on the fight when parliament reconvenes for its next term in mid-May.<\/p>\n<p>The current draft law was a private member&#8217;s bill, not government legislation, which requires an MP to introduce it and faces a bigger challenge to get parliamentary time and get on the statute books.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re hoping one (MP) of them will resurrect this bill (and) it will go through parliament. We&#8217;re pretty confident of that,&#8221; Wilcox said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/73\/55\/00\/808x539_cmsv2_b1c4a3fa-d129-5a38-90c1-9d7b2666629d-9735500.jpg\" alt=\"Members of the House of Lords and guests take their seats in the Lords Chamber ahead of the State Opening of Parliament, 17 July, 2024\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Members of the House of Lords and guests take their seats in the Lords Chamber ahead of the State Opening of Parliament, 17 July, 2024<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>&#8216;Deliberate delaying&#8217;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill would have seen Britain emulate several other countries in Europe and elsewhere to allow some form of assisted dying.<\/p>\n<p>More than 200 lawmakers signed a letter late on Thursday blaming the bill&#8217;s scuppering on &#8220;deliberate delaying tactics pursued by a minority of peers opposed to its passage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m really sad, really upset, really disappointed, but also a little bit angry,&#8221; Leadbeater said earlier on Friday, adding the terminally ill would continue to be denied &#8220;choice, compassion and dignity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/73\/55\/00\/808x539_cmsv2_bd8b5c79-8f21-5b9a-ab3d-0c2f86495afb-9735500.jpg\" alt=\"Campaigners hold a banner outside parliament in London as a proposed law to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales ran out of time, 24 April, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Campaigners hold a banner outside parliament in London as a proposed law to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales ran out of time, 24 April, 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Leadbeater vowed supportive MPs will &#8220;go again&#8221; in the next parliamentary session, though the legislative process will have reset and a different MP will likely need to introduce a new bill.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The issue is not going away, there&#8217;s a very clear direction of travel around the world,&#8221; she said, adding polling in Britain showed support for the change.<\/p>\n<p>But critics, including the Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) which represents medical professionals opposed to assisted dying, said they were &#8220;relieved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is not possible to construct an assisted suicide service that is safe, equitable, and resistant to placing unacceptable pressure on the most vulnerable,&#8221; a spokesperson said in statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Claire Brosseau, Canadian actress with bipolar disorder, fights for assisted dying<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Which countries in Europe allow assisted dying and euthanasia?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Under the proposed legislation, any patient&#8217;s wish to die would have to be signed off by two doctors and a panel of experts. They would have to be able to administer the life-ending substance themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Its supporters said it would give people with an incurable illness dignity and choice at the end of their lives.<\/p>\n<p>Assisted suicide is legal in countries including Australia, Belgium, Canada, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and parts of the US.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"perf-cv-auto c-article-contributors c-article-contributors-supplementary u-margin-top-2 u-padding-top-2\">\n<p>Additional sources<strong> \u2022 AP, AFP<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-partage-commentaire-share\"><span>Share<\/span><\/span><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"adb-article-you-might-also-like\" class=\"perf-cv-auto c-article-you-might-also-like\">\n<h2 class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__title\">\n        Read more<br \/>\n      <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__item\">\n<h3>\n<p>                  French Senate rejects assisted dying bill. 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Britain&#8217;s unelected upper house, as campaigners vowed to fight on.Charlie Falconer, who sponsored the legislation in the House of Lords, accused opponents of &#8220;pure obstructionism&#8221; after the bill simply ran out of time.MPs in the House of Commons had backed legalising euthanasia for adults who have been given less than six months to live and can clearly express a wish to die, in a historic vote last June.But more than 1,200 bill amendments subsequently introduced in the second chamber meant that after the end of Friday&#8217;s debate there was no chance it would pass before parliament concludes its current session next week.&#8221;It was an absolute travesty of our processes in which a few Lords manipulated by putting down 1,200 amendments&#8230; and then talking and talking and talking,&#8221; Falconer said minutes after the bill failed.&#8221;The problem was pure obstructionism by a small number,&#8221; he insisted.Kim Leadbeater, the MP who introduced the bill in the House of Commons in 2024, added she believed there was a &#8220;real sense of injustice&#8230;that what&#8217;s happened is wrong.&#8221;Both chambers of Britain&#8217;s parliament must approve legislation for it to become law and bills that are still in progress when a session ends usually fail.&#8221;We&#8217;re incredibly angry with what&#8217;s happened but we&#8217;re determined to get it through, this is not the end, we will not be stopped,&#8221; campaigner Rebecca Wilcox told the AFP news agency.Wilcox added assisted dying advocates hope that an MP will carry on the fight when parliament reconvenes for its next term in mid-May.The current draft law was a private member&#8217;s bill, not government legislation, which requires an MP to introduce it and faces a bigger challenge to get parliamentary time and get on the statute books.&#8221;We&#8217;re hoping one (MP) of them will resurrect this bill (and) it will go through parliament. We&#8217;re pretty confident of that,&#8221; Wilcox said.&#8217;Deliberate delaying&#8217;The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill would have seen Britain emulate several other countries in Europe and elsewhere to allow some form of assisted dying.More than 200 lawmakers signed a letter late on Thursday blaming the bill&#8217;s scuppering on &#8220;deliberate delaying tactics pursued by a minority of peers opposed to its passage.&#8221;&#8221;I&#8217;m really sad, really upset, really disappointed, but also a little bit angry,&#8221; Leadbeater said earlier on Friday, adding the terminally ill would continue to be denied &#8220;choice, compassion and dignity.&#8221;Leadbeater vowed supportive MPs will &#8220;go again&#8221; in the next parliamentary session, though the legislative process will have reset and a different MP will likely need to introduce a new bill.&#8221;The issue is not going away, there&#8217;s a very clear direction of travel around the world,&#8221; she said, adding polling in Britain showed support for the change.But critics, including the Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) which represents medical professionals opposed to assisted dying, said they were &#8220;relieved.&#8221;&#8221;It is not possible to construct an assisted suicide service that is safe, equitable, and resistant to placing unacceptable pressure on the most vulnerable,&#8221; a spokesperson said in statement.Under the proposed legislation, any patient&#8217;s wish to die would have to be signed off by two doctors and a panel of experts. 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