A NEW bid to make assisted suicide legal in Scotland is being planned by independent MSP Margo MacDonald who claimed she has a mandate to introduce the legislation at Holyrood.
SECOND TIME ROUND: Margo MacDonald claims she has a mandate to introduce the legislation at Holyrood. Picture: Gordon Terris
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BRIAN CURRIE POLITICAL EDITOR
Ms MacDonald spoke out after voters in Switzerland rejected proposals to stop foreigners going there to legally obtain help to kill themselves.
The Lothians MSP, whose End of Life Assistance Bill was defeated in the Scottish Parliament in December, claimed she was elected with a clear intention to change the law.
