{"id":243637,"date":"2025-05-14T00:04:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T23:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/initial-stage-of-scotlands-assisted-dying-bill-approved-by-holyrood-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T00:04:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T23:04:45","slug":"initial-stage-of-scotlands-assisted-dying-bill-approved-by-holyrood-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/initial-stage-of-scotlands-assisted-dying-bill-approved-by-holyrood-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Initial stage of Scotland&#8217;s Assisted Dying Bill approved by Holyrood | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/fO7WzxdtzYw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Initial stage of Scotland's Assisted Dying Bill approved by Holyrood | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fO7WzxdtzYw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Scotland\u2019s Assisted Dying Bill has received initial approval from members of the Scottish Parliament after almost five hours of debate.<\/p>\n<p>Holyrood voted in favour of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill which was introduced by Liberal Democrat Liam McArthur.<\/p>\n<p>McArthur called it a \u201clandmark moment for Scotland\u201d after MSPs backed the general principles of his proposals.<\/p>\n<p>ITV News Scotland reporter Louise Scott spoke to the Liberal Democrat about this result.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follows ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scotland\u2019s Assisted Dying Bill has received initial approval from members of the Scottish Parliament after almost five hours of debate. 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