UK lawmakers will Friday debate and likely vote on whether to advance divisive and emotive legislation to allow assisted dying for terminally ill people in England and Wales. Parliament last debated,

British lawmakers must decide on Friday whether to support assisted dying in an emotional vote which has split parliament and the country.

If the legislation is successful, it would be a fundamental reform that brings the UK into line with about a dozen countries that permit assisted dying.

Under the proposed legislation, only those over 18 years old in England and Wales and who are expected to die within six months can request assisted dying. They must have the ment