The great-niece of Labour giant Manny Shinwell says her inspiration comes from Pikuach Nefesh: the unshakeable principle of rabbinical law that saving life comes before all else. “My deepest concern with this bill is its failure to provide adequate safeguards,” she says. “As currently drafted, it risks leaving vulnerable people exposed to coercion and abuse into having an assisted death. Rather than upholding the principle of protecting life, it places those most at risk directly in harm’s way. Through my amendments and my work on this bill, my purpose is clear: to ensure it cannot be applied to those who...