A law to allow terminally ill adults the right to choose to end their own lives has been approved in Jersey.
It marks the final legislative stage for the landmark proposals before they get Royal Assent in the UK – and once approved the first legal assisted deaths could happen as early as next summer.
Those eligible are people with terminal illnesses causing unbearable suffering where they are expected to die within six months, or 12 months for those with neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson’s and motor neurone disease (MND).
It means Jersey is now the second part of the British Isles where assisted dying has been fully approved – the Isle of Man was the first.
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