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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/assisted-suicide-law-bid-defeated.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Margo MacDonald's bid over assisted suicide has failed" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-assisted-suicide-law-bid-defeated.jpg" alt="Margo MacDonald's bid over assisted suicide has failed"/></a></p>
<p>An attempt to make Scotland the first part of the UK to legalise assisted suicide has been defeated.</p>
<p>The controversial End of Life Assistance Bill was voted down by MSPs at Holyrood, despite claims that a majority of the public back such a move.</p>
<p>The legislation was put forward by veteran politician Margo MacDonald, a former Scottish National Party MP, who suffers from Parkinson&#8217;s disease.</p>
<p>Following the vote, she said: &#8220;The outcome wasn&#8217;t any different from what I expected.</p>
<p>&#8220;A few people continued to say we shouldn&#8217;t even debate it in this Parliament. That is what Parliament is for.</p>
<p>&#8220;Of course Parliament&#8217;s will must be respected but Parliament&#8217;s will can change.</p>
<p>&#8220;If I stand next time, if I am elected next time, people will know without any doubt I am going to pursue the idea.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ms MacDonald, an Independent Lothians MSP, failed to secure the necessary support to pass the controversial legislation, losing in a 16-85 free vote.</p>
<p>The Bill had been considered by a specially-convened Holyrood committee, which did not support the general principles.</p>
<p>The legislation set out that anyone aged over 16 can request help to die. The person would have to be diagnosed as terminally ill and find life intolerable.</p>
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