Donald Trump's administration has waded into the UK assisted dying row by condemning 'state-subsidised suicide'.
A branch of the US State Department appeared to encourage the House of Lords to block the law by 'reaffirming the sanctity of life'.
The intervention came after MPs passed the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill with a majority of 23 votes last week - down from 55 at second reading stage in November.
Assisted dying campaigners including Dame Esther Rantzen have urged peers not to thwart the legislation with amendments or delaying tactics.
Posting on X yesterday, the US Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour - part of Marco Rubio's State Department - said: 'As the UK Parliament considers support for state-subsidised suicide, euphemistically called a bill for ''Terminally Ill Adults'', the United States reaffirms the sanctity of life.
