Legalising assisted dying would change society and its views towards the elderly, sick and disabled, an Islamic leader has said. Under draft legislation being considered by Parliament, terminally ill adults expected to die within six months could seek help to end their own life.

Lawmakers in the U.K. have passed a controversial bill that would legalize assisted dying for terminally ill people deemed to be in the last months of their life.

British lawmakers have voted to allow assisted dying, a move set to make the UK one of a small handful of countries to allow terminally ill people to end their lives.

Victoria stands in for Laura this weekend! Today, we discuss the assisted dying bill, one of the most significant and sensitive topics to have been voted on by MPs in recent decades. We hear YOUR reaction to the bill and why it matters.