# Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill

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## TL;DR

This Scottish member's bill would have let eligible terminally ill adults in Scotland ask for help from health professionals to end their own life. It fell at the final stage on 17 March 2026, so it is not law.

## Summary

United Kingdom (Scotland), member's bill, not enacted. The Scottish Parliament states that Liam McArthur MSP introduced the bill (documents posted 27 March 2024) to allow terminally ill adults in Scotland, who are eligible, to lawfully request and be provided with assistance by health professionals to end their own life. It completed Stage 1 and Stage 2 (ending 25 November 2025); Stage 3 amending proceedings concluded on 13 March 2026, and the Parliament's page records that the bill fell on 17 March 2026 at Stage 3.

## Fields

- Kind: Term
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill; McArthur bill
- Tags: law; uk

## Sources

- Scottish Parliament: Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: https://www.parliament.scot/bills-and-laws/bills/s6/assisted-dying-for-terminally-ill-adults-scotland-bill

## Connected records

- terms: [California End of Life Option Act (2015)](https://onco.cc/terms/law-california-end-of-life-option-act/), [Medical assistance in dying in Canada (Criminal Code, section 241.2)](https://onco.cc/terms/law-canada-maid/), [Netherlands Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide (Review Procedures) Act (2001)](https://onco.cc/terms/law-netherlands-euthanasia-act/), [Oregon Death with Dignity Act (1997)](https://onco.cc/terms/law-oregon-death-with-dignity-act/), [Spain Organic Law 3/2021 regulating euthanasia](https://onco.cc/terms/law-spain-euthanasia-act/), [Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill (England and Wales)](https://onco.cc/terms/law-england-wales-terminally-ill-adults-bill/), [Victoria Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 (Australia)](https://onco.cc/terms/law-victoria-voluntary-assisted-dying-act/), [Washington Death with Dignity Act (Initiative 1000, 2008)](https://onco.cc/terms/law-washington-death-with-dignity-act/)

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