Euthanasia and assisted dying

At least a dozen MPs who backed the bill or abstained now say they are likely to vote against it.

Dr Florian Willet was arrested last September following the death of a woman in a forest in Switzerland.

Separate bills to let terminally ill people end their life are being considered at Westminster and in Scotland.

The proposals still have to go before the upper house and supporters hope it will become law by 2027.

Peter Wilson says his wife Beverly Sand, who had terminal cancer, took her own life in 2022.

The move is among several tweaks to the assisted dying bill which were debated by MPs.

The Orkney MSP's profile has been raised significantly by his battle to make assisted dying legal.

A bill to allow terminally-ill adults to end their lives has passed an initial vote at Holyrood.