Right to die 'granted for people with eating disorders', shocking report claims – and 'at least 60 ended their lives in last ten years'

Doctors overseas are allowing people with eating disorders to end their lives, a shocking report has claimed.

The study revealed that at least 60 people with eating disorders – such as anorexia – had ended their lives in the last ten years in countries that allow assisted dying.

Researchers said that included parts of the US – even though assisted dying there is only permissible after a diagnosis of terminal illness.

The warnings come amid growing momentum for assisted dying to be made legal in this country after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he would allow Commons time to debate the issue.

Earlier this year, he said he was ‘personally committed’ to the change, telling campaigner Dame Esther Rantzen…