Our Campaign Against Assisted Suicide
SPUC upholds the right to life from conception until natural death, and has played a part in resisting many attempts both in Parliament and in the courts to change the law on assisted suicide.
There is currently a concerted attempt to impose assisted suicide across the UK:
- In Westminster, The Terminally Ill Adults End of Life Bill passed its Second Reading in November 2024. It can still be defeated at the next stage. See our Fight the Leadbeater Bill page to lobby your MP.
- In Scotland, a private members bill brought by Orkney MSP Liam McArthur is making its way through Holyrood.
- Bills are in progress on Jersey and the Isle of Man.
On this page you will find general resources on assisted suicide. Please view our related campaigns below for specific threats.
Related Campaigns
People’s Stories
Ask your MP to oppose the legalisation of assisted suicide
Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP for Spen Valley, has announced that she will be bringing a bill on assisted suicide. Ms Leadbetter won top place in the private members ballot, so her bill has a high chance of succeeding if MPs vote in favour of it.
Please use our tool to contact your MP, asking them to oppose Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill.
Related Articles
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Kim Leadbeater accused of “misleading” MPs about public support for her assisted suicide bill
Labour MP Kim Leadbeater has been accused of sending a “highly misleading email to MPs” about the depth of public support for assisted suicide in relation to her proposed Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.
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Labour MPs slam Kim Leadbeater’s “flawed and dangerous” assisted suicide bill
In a letter to fellow Labour parliamentarians, a group of Labour MPs have called out the Leadbeater Bill as “irredeemably flawed and not fit to become law”.
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Assisted suicide bill roll-out delayed after minister revolt against “unworkable” bill
The roll-out of MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill, if legalised, has been delayed until 2029, casting doubt about whether the draft law will ever be implemented, though there are concerns that the delay will be spun by Ms Leadbeater to win over MPs troubled by the Bill.
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“Enormous” rise in euthanasia among mentally ill young people causes concern in the Netherlands
There has been an “enormous” rise in young people being euthanised in the Netherlands for the reason of mental health, including an autistic boy aged 16 to 18 suffering from depression, leading to doubts about the deadly practice. Nearly 10,000 people were killed by euthanasia in the Netherlands in 2024,…
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Assisted suicide: a conveyor belt for the vulnerable
Kim Leadbeater MP has proclaimed that her assisted dying bill will have “the world’s strongest safeguards”. Yet as the weeks go by, the news coming out of the Committee scrutinising this bill doesn’t match Ms Leadbeater’s claim. Those of us who are worried that legalising assisted suicide will send us…
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Leadbeater Committee refuses opt-out for hospices not wanting to provide assisted suicide
MPs reviewing the Leadbeater Bill at Committee stage have voted against opt-outs for hospices that do not want to provide assisted suicide. MP Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill for England and Wales proposes to legalise assisted suicide for terminally ill adults given six months to live.…
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Kim Leadbeater admits that assisted suicide criteria could be expanded in future if legalised
MP Kim Leadbeater has admitted for the first time that the eligibility criteria of her proposed assisted suicide bill could be expanded in the future. “That could happen”, she confessed on LBC on 21 March. Challenged by LBC’s Natasha Clark on whether the proposed law would create a “slippery slope”,…
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Euthanasia surged by 17% in Belgium in 2024 and killed one child
Almost 4,000 people were killed by euthanasia in Belgium in 2024, a rise of nearly 17% in twelve months, according to official statistics showing that a minor (aged under 18) was also killed, bringing the total of euthanised children since 2014 to six. There were 3,991 euthanasia cases in Belgium…