Move to tear-up key legal safeguards for terminally ill adults in assisted dying bill sparks major backlash PLANS to let terminally ill adults end their lives have been thrown into chaos after moves to tear up key legal safeguards.
It comes after Ms Leadbeater had dismissed warnings that judges couldn't handle the cases due to scarce capacity, insisting her Bill would be the “most robust” in the world.
The Bill will face further scrutiny and votes in the Commons and Lords, meaning any change in the law would not be agreed until later this year at the earliest.
But the last-minute tweak, proposed just hours before MPs began debating the Bill on Tuesday, has sparked a backlash — throwing its future into doubt and turning former supporters cold.
Senior Tory James Cleverly blasted: "The protections that were promised in the assisted dying Bill are being watered down even before this becomes law.
