Jersey has voted to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults, becoming the second of the British Isles to do so after the Isle of Man.
Members of the States Assembly voted in May 2024 in favour of drawing up laws for an assisted dying service in the Crown Dependency.
The vote was 32 in favour and 16 against. The bill will now go for royal assent.
Under the bill, a person with a terminal illness “who is experiencing or is expected to experience unbearable physical suffering” and die within six months, or 12 months with certain neurodegenerative conditions, will be able to choose to end their own life.
In order to be eligible, the person will also need to have been a resident of Jersey for 12 months.
The first assisted deaths could take place there as early as next summer.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly.
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