The House of Commons passes the Tide Death Bill...heated legalization debate

The bill has passed its first gateway, the House of Commons, amid a social debate over the legalization of "assisted deaths" for terminally ill patients in the UK.

On the 29th local time, the House of Commons passed a bill to legalize assisted death proposed last month with 330 votes in favor and 275 against it.

The vote came after five hours of intense debate, with hundreds of citizens gathered outside the parliament building to express their pros and cons.

The Assisted Death Bill allows patients with terminal illness and less than six months of their lives to die with medical help.

As this bill passes through the House of Representatives, it's now ahead of a vote in the Senate.

In a related development, 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, who is also a sitting senator, said he had opposed assisted death in the past, but changed his stance to affirmation after weighing whether sufficient safeguards were in place and whether there was any risk of abuse.

On the other hand, former prime ministers such as Gordon Brown, Theresa May and Boris Johnson are all opposed to the Assisted Death Bill.