Former Health Secretary Jeane Freeman says time is right for assisted dying bill

Key Facts

• Jeane Freeman said she thought the majority of Scottish people supported the move Former Scottish health secretary Jeane Freeman has told the BBC the time is right to make assisted dying legal.
• Ms Freeman, who stepped down as an SNP MSP and minister at May's Holyrood election, said she backed the draft bill from Lib Dem MSP Liam McArthur.
• Those who argued against a change in the law have said it would undermine palliative care and the risks were too high.
• "My feeling is the public in Scotland is a wee bit ahead of us on this, as they are on many things, and that there is a majority support for it," she said.

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