Church of Scotland to take neutral stance on Scottish assisted dying bill

Campaigners welcome church move making it first major denomination in UK to adopt neutral position

Campaigners in favour of assisted dying have welcomed moves by Scotland’s largest church to take a neutral stance on a new bill to legalise the practice.

Members of the Scottish parliament are to hold their first vote next Tuesday on a private member’s bill to legalise assisted dying in Scotland, after months of assessment by a backbench committee.