End of Life Choice Bill

End of Life Choice bill vote in NZ Parliament today

MPs will vote according to their conscience, rather than along party lines, in the second reading of ACT Party leader David Seymour's End of Life Choice Bill. It will either edge closer to becoming law or be thrown out.

The first reading passed by a significant margin of 76 votes to 44 in December.

Many who supported it then did so on the basis they wanted to see the bill go to first to a select committee - where bills are polished and changed - so it could be properly debated.