MSPs have voted against plans to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults in Scotland.
It comes after the politicians debated hundreds of amendments during multiple marathon sessions as the proposed legislation made its way through Holyrood.
The deciding Stage 3 debate and vote for the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill took place on Tuesday evening.
The result was earlier deemed too close to call given MSPs were permitted a free vote instead of being “whipped” or instructed along party lines.
Scottish Liberal Democrat Liam McArthur, who introduced the bill, previously said it would be the “toughest and most comprehensively safeguarded assisted dying bill in the world”.
This is the third time MSPs have considered legislation on assisted dying, with two previous attempts having failed at their first vote.
Last month, Jersey voted to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults.
It came almost a year after the Tynwald in the Isle of Man became the first parliament in the British Isles to agree a framework for assisted dying.
However, the process of getting that framework on the statute book is yet to be finalised.
Meanwhile at Westminster, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill for England and Wales is progressing slowly through the House of Lords and is at risk of failing due to a lack of parliamentary time.
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