British 'tidal death' debate heats up...First Gate Passes the House of Representatives

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Debate is also heating up in the UK, with the question of whether to allow "assisted deaths" of terminally ill patients emerging as a social topic in many parts of the world.

Last month, a bill to the British parliament passed the first gateway, the House of Commons, and attention is being paid to whether it will lead to legalization.

Correspondent Jo Su-hyun reports from London.

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'∀' to allow terminally ill patients with no potential for rehabilitation to choose death with medical assistanceA bill allowing
to pass the House of Commons after five hours of intense debate.

[Sir Lindsey Hoyle / Speaker of the House of Commons: The result is 330 votes in favour and 275 against.]

In the United Kingdom, the "supportive death" bill, proposed last month, covers people with terminal illness who have less than six months of their lives.

Under the approval of two doctors and a judge, the patient is required to administer the drug directly.

The idea is to give patients suffering from pain the right to choose their own death without the possibility of survival, and the ethical debate is hot.

Opposition is strong because the patient may try to die so as not to put a burden on the family and does not have enough safety measures.

Reflecting this atmosphere, hundreds of citizens gathered outside the parliament building to protest for and against each other before the House vote.

[Ballery Plum / Londoner] What a relief. I'm glad there's hope that many people won't suffer.]

[Danny Kruger / Conservative MP: The Bill is sloppy and lacking in safety. They know, but I'm going to supplement the content in the future, and the risk seems great, but we'll see if they're right.]

As the bill passed the House of Representatives, it is now ahead of the Senate vote, and it is expected that the debate process, which takes place before the final vote, will take several more months.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who has voted in favour of tidal deaths in the past, said the government would remain neutral.

Former Prime Minister David Cameron, a sitting senator, has publicly voted for the bill, while some have opposed it, including Gordon Brown and Theresa May.

Currently, nine countries around the world, including Switzerland, Austria, Spain and Australia, and parts of the United States, all of which have different acceptance standards.

I'm Jo Suhyun of YTN in London.