This issue would apply even if assisted dying was made legal in England and Wales because the eligibility criteria "would not be fulfilled and therefore assistance would be illegal", she told the States Assembly.

The measure would give terminally ill adults who have less than six months to live an option to have a doctor prescribe them a lethal medication mixture.

Amendments to the assisted dying bill which require a GP to have known a terminally ill person for two years are set to be debated.

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, who has led the push to legalise assisted dying, said peers who oppose the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill were trying to sabotage it

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new law Friday making Illinois the newest state allowing medically assisted dying in terminally ill residents.

Illinois' "Deb's Law," permitting medically assisted dying for terminally ill patients, is signed and will take effect in 2026.

Gov. Kathy Hochul says she will sign the Medical Aid in Dying Act, making New York the 13th state to allow physician-assisted death.

Assisted dying has been legalized in many nations across the Western world, as choosing how to end one’s life has come to be seen by many as the final frontier of individual rights.