Lauren Edwards: “It is time to do the same and give terminally ill people the choice to exercise some control over the manner of their…”

Parliament has dropped the ball today. It will be picked up again as it must be, because the law as it stands is simply too cruel and too unjust to be allowed to stand.

But they should not be allowed to frustrate the will of the elected chamber a second time.

Assisted dying will come in this country, as it is already doing all across the world, but not soon enough.

In a democracy, we settle our differences by voting on them.