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VICTORY: Bill defeated!
MSP Liam McArthur (Scottish Liberal Democrat, Orkney) lodged proposals for an Assisted Dying Scotland Members Bill. On 13th May 2025, MSPs voted 70 to 56 in favour of the Bill. In November 2025, the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee examined the Bill at Stage 2 across four meetings. Only minimal changes were made.
In the final vote on Tuesday 17th March 2026, MSPs voted by 69 votes to 57 to reject the Bill.
The Bill was defeated following a final three-hour debate in Holyrood, with three MSPs publicly changing their vote from the previous stage.
Read the full news update here.
What can I do?
Lobby your MSP in person
While writing is very valuable, the most effective form of lobbying is to go and see your MSPs in person. We have produced a guide to lobbying your MSPs in person specifically on this issue.
Please use this and the briefing on the Bill to go and lobby your MSP in person.
Write to your MSPs
You can use our tool to send a message to your MSPs telling them why you do not want assisted suicide to be legalised.
Spread the word
Order free copies of our new door-to-door leaflet to spread the word in your community and educate the public about the dangers of assisted suicide.
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Spread the word
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A briefing on the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill
Write to Your MSPs
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Enter your postcode in the box above
Once you have entered your postcode, the tool will bring up your local MSPs and the form will automatically be filled with their contact details.
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Write your message to your MSPs
You can now enter your message to your MSPs in the ‘Message’ box below. We are providing a template to help you, but it is very important that you edit it and put it in your own words. Politicians appreciate genuine, heartfelt messages over copied-and-pasted content, and soon recognise if they are receiving identical communications from multiple constituents.
Our Briefing on the Bill will help you with your message.
Explain in your own words why you do not want assisted suicide to be legalised. Please include any personal stories you have, or mention why you or a family member would be under threat if the Assisted Dying Scotland Bill was passed. If you are not sure what to write, please read our guides for assistance.
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Send E-mail
Once you have written your e-mail message and are ready to send it to your MSPs, simply click to select how you would like to send it. You have two options: option 1 allows you to send the e-mail directly from your own e-mail address and option 2 allows SPUC to send the e-mail on your behalf. MSPs prefer to received personal e-mail from their constituents so we encourage you to select the first option. This will open up your e-mail and all the information (including your message) will be automatically added to your e-mail, ready for you to press send.
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