The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was introduced by Kim Leadbeater, the MP for Spen Valley, on 16 October 2024 and published on 11 November. The Bill seeks to amend the Suicide Act 1961 to allow doctors to supply adults with a terminal illness with lethal drugs to end their own lives. It will be debated by MPs on 29 November 2024.
This is the biggest threat we’ve faced since the Marris Bill in 2015. We defeated it then, and we can do so now, but we need a huge effort to lobby MPs. Over half of MPs are new to Parliament and have not voted on this issue before.
What can I do?
Write to your MP
Please use our tool to contact your MP, asking them to oppose Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill.
The tool contains template text linking to the SPUC briefing on the Leadbeater Bill. Please amend this text and put it in your own words. This is especially important if you have not already written a person email or letter to your MP.
Write about your own concerns about assisted suicide. Do you have a disability that will make you vulnerable? Or have family members you’d be worried about?
The briefing on the Bill can be found here. We also have a range of briefings and resources on the subject you can draw on, on our main Lives Worth Living page.
Remember that many MPs who might vote against assisted suicide will not be pro-life on abortion. It would therefore be prudent to only talk about this issue on this occasion. Emphasising the threat to the vulnerable is more likely to resonate with MPs than religious arguments.
Please send a message to your MPs telling them why you do not want assisted suicide to be legalised.
How to do this:
- Enter your postcode below. This will bring up who your MP is, together with an editable email template.
- Edit the email template to 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 assisted suicide was to be introduced. We have also given you some key points against assisted suicide in the email (which you can delete).
- Press Send message. Your email will be automatically sent to your MP.