UK Parliament backs assisted dying bill in historic vote

***Lawmakers in Britain have taken a historic step toward allowing assisted dying. The change would see England and Wales join other countries that allow terminally ill adults to choose to end their lives.***

Lawmakers in the United Kingdom have approved a bill allowing terminally ill adults in England and Wales to end their lives.

The vote marks a major step toward legalizing assisted dying — one of the most significant social policy changes in decades and comparable to Britain's partial legalization of abortion in 1967.