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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Over a hundred MPs turn against assisted suicide bill after High Court “safeguard” rule ditched, now deemed a “ruse”
The change comes after Ms Leadbeater scrapped the requirement to have a High Court judge approve assisted suicide cases.
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Disability expert slams “nonsensical” assisted suicide bill and its lack of safeguards for disabled people
Dr Griffiths was one of the few disability experts to appear before the ongoing committee hearing into Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s Bill.
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Assisted suicides to be signed off by “experts” instead of High Court judges, says Bill sponsor in shameless U-turn
Kim Leadbeater MP has proposed that a panel of “experts” should sign off on assisted suicides instead of High Court judges, having previously stated that judges would safeguard against coercion.
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Assisted suicide: An American horror story comes to the UK
A North American horror story has come to the UK, which may soon legalize assisted suicide. Two U.S. doctors suggested to a London committee of MPs that being a “burden” could be enough reason to die, and patient “autonomy” should be respected. Members of the UK Parliament are currently hearing…
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Six months to live – a death sentence, not a safeguard
“How long have I got?” is the question doctors will be asked at some point by their terminally ill and dying patients. This is going to become a much more loaded question if we legalise assisted suicide. One of the so-called “safeguards” in Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill currently before…
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Assisted suicide: Terminally ill patients live far longer than expected, government data shows
One in five terminally ill patients given six months to live are still alive three years later, government data reveals. SPUC has stated that this “revelatory data” shows that Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill is “fundamentally flawed”. Freedom of information requests have revealed that life expectancy prognoses for the terminally…
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Concerns raised after “extraordinary” start to assisted suicide bill committee
Concerns have been raised about the scrutiny process of the assisted suicide bill going through Parliament, as the committee tasked with examining it got off to a controversial start, yesterday.
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MPs voting for assisted suicide would be “foolish” to ignore palliative care concerns, says health committee chair
Liberal Democrats MP Layla Moran, the chair of the Health and Social Care Committee, says it would be “foolish” to ignore the concerns of palliative care doctors about assisted suicide, though she still supports Kim Leadbeater’s draft bill. Moran said it would be “foolish” to ignore the warnings of palliative…