Anorexia sufferers could access assisted dying after MPs refused to close a loophole in Kim Leadbeater’s Bill.
Leadbeater’s Bill is currently at the Committee Stage, where MPs examine it clause by clause, debating and potentially amending its provisions.
Leadbeater has consistently touted her Bill as having the “world’s strongest safeguards” and permitting assisted suicide only for terminally ill adults with mental capacity who are expected to die within six months.
However, the assisted suicide committee rejected amendments—supported by a number of eating disorder charities—designed to explicitly prevent people with anorexia from being eligible for assisted suicide.
