Former Prime Minister Lord David Cameron has backed moves to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults. In an article in The Times, Lord Cameron said that while he had opposed moves to legalise assisted dying in the past, he believed the current proposal was " not about ending life, it is about shortening death ".

Former Prime Minister Lord David Cameron has backed moves to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults. In an op-ed in the Times, Lord Cameron said that while he had opposed moves to legalise assisted dying in the past,

Lord David Cameron, who previously opposed moves to change the law, has given his backing to moves to legalise assisted dying for terminally-ill adults.

David Cameron has become the first former PM to back assisted dying in a major u-turn from his previous vote. Lord Cameron previously opposed the law change amid concerns vulnerable people would be "pressurised into hastening their own deaths".

In a major boost to the legalisation campaign, Lord Cameron has argued the move would help bring about a "meaningful reduction in human suffering".

British lawmakers are expected to vote Friday on a law proposed to help terminally ill adults end their lives. The contentious bill would allow adults expected to have fewer than six months to live to request and be provided with help to end their life,

David Cameron has become the first former UK prime minister to throw his support behind the assisted dying bill. Lord Cameron had previously opposed moves to change the law, but said he had been won over to supporting the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill,