MPs must reject the assisted-dying bill

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was published late on Monday night .

It would make it legal for a doctor to suggest assisted suicide to a patient who hasn’t previously expressed interest in it.

At almost 40 pages, this is one of the longest PMBs ever.

MPs will have until 29 November to scrutinise the bill’s opaque, ambiguous and often contradictory language.

The shoddiness of the assisted-dying bill will give MPs pause for thought.

Beyond its botched drafting, it would fundamentally change the relationship between state and citizen.

It would remove our moral sanction against suicide, and divide the population between those whose suicides we try to prevent and those who we offer a push.