"Critics would argue that it will not. One argument is that while parliament might vote now to adopt a restricted version of assisted dying, MPs might expand it over time as assisted dying is normalised."
"However, in 2019, a Quebec judge ruled that restricting access to those who had a reasonably foreseeable death was unconstitutional, forcing federal lawmakers to expand the existing laws."
"The Strasbourg court has never required a member state of the European convention of human rights (ECHR), to which the UK is party, to extend its assisted dying or euthanasia regime beyond its initial limits."
"The court said states enjoyed a considerable margin of appreciation (but not unlimited) in deciding on the balance between accommodating people's wish to be assisted in dying and the risk of abuse."
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