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Disabled to protest over assisted dying bill

Disabled campaigners will demonstrate today against MSP Margo MacDonald’s End of Life Assistance Bill at the Scottish Parliament.

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Stephen Naysmith

However the bill is being backed by the charity Dignity in Dying.

MSPs will taking evidence on the bill in committee today. The End of Life Assistance Bill aims to make it legal for doctors to help people who wish to do so to die.