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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Canadian man offered assisted suicide after denial of surgery for workplace injury
A Canadian man who was injured in a workplace accident, and then denied surgery, which he begged for, has been granted Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) on request. “Today I received a photo and post from a Dr friend of mine, who pointed out the most wild case of MAiD…
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Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson speaks against assisted suicide bill at SPUC Lives Worth Living event in Middlesbrough
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson spoke at SPUC’s Lives Worth Living event in Middlesbrough last Friday to warn against MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill that threatens disabled people. Baroness Grey-Thompson, one of the greatest Paralympians of all time, amassed 11 gold medals, four silvers and one bronze in the wheelchair…
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UK Catholic Medical Association slams “dangerously flawed” assisted suicide bill
The UK Catholic Medical Association (CMA) has slammed MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill, saying that it will make patients accessing healthcare “fear for their safety”.
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Assisted suicide: the missing safeguards
The Committee stage of Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill (Adults) End of Life bill has now ended.
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Health Secretary Wes Streeting to vote against Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill
The Health Secretary has said that he will vote against Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill after voicing concerns about coercion and funding “implications” for the NHS and palliative care.
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Scottish assisted suicide bill “may be beyond powers” of Holyrood, legal experts warn
Legal experts have warned that MSP Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill “may be beyond the powers of the Scottish Parliament” to enact, and even if passed, “the new law would be either unworkable or extremely dangerous”. Legal experts Mary Neal, Murray Earle and Michael Foran…
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Catholic Bishops’ Conference warns that assisted suicide will turn NHS into “national death service”
The pastoral letter, which will be read out in parishes in the Westminster archdiocese this weekend, urges Catholics to contact their respective MPs to oppose Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill for England and Wales.
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UN report slams assisted suicide in Canada that targets disabled people, calls for repeal of MAiD for people with no terminal illnesses
A UN committee has called for the repeal of assisted suicide in Canada for people who have no terminal illnesses, especially the disabled which, a report concluded, is discriminatory towards disability. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Committee published its report last month and recommended…