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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Top lawyer says assisted suicide bill breaches European Convention on Human Rights
MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill breaches the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), a top lawyer has said after reviewing the draft law, set to be voted on by MPs on 16 May.
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Assisted suicide will save NHS money by killing patients, Whitehall impact assessment concludes, SPUC slams “brutal arithmetic”
A Whitehall cost analysis of MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill is set to conclude today that it will save the NHS money by expediting the deaths of patients said to have six months left to live. SPUC slammed the impact assessment as “brutal arithmetic that lacks compassion and humanity”.…
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Assisted suicide bill losing MP support, but undecided votes could swing in any direction
MPs appear to be swinging away from supporting Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill, polling shows, though many who remain undecided could still vote in favour of it later this month.
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Assisted Suicide: the missing safeguards
The amendments put forward by those on the Committee opposed to assisted suicide were, in effect, a list of the dangers posed by this bill; crucial safeguards which are missing from the bill.
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Over half of Britons fear that vulnerable citizens will be pressured into assisted suicide, devastating poll finds
A YouGov poll has found that over half of Britons fear that vulnerable people will be pressured into ending their lives if assisted suicide is legalised in the UK. 56 per cent of the British public fear that it is likely that people would opt for assisted suicide because they…
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Pensioner mistakenly given six months to live is still alive after considering assisted suicide
A pensioner who planned assisted suicide at Dignitas after being told he had just six months to live later found out that he was not terminally ill and “would have died unnecessarily”. Peter Sefton-Williams, 72, a retired journalist, was given just six months to live after being diagnosed with Motor…
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SPUC urges Scots to lobby MSPs against “dangerous” assisted suicide bill, vote expected in two weeks
SPUC is urging Scots to speak to their MSPs to warn against the threat posed by Liam McArthur’s assisted suicide bill, with a first vote now expected on 13 May.
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Assisted suicide laws terrify disabled people, Tanni Grey-Thompson tells Westminster event
Disabled people are “absolutely terrified” by proposed assisted suicide laws, Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson told a Westminster event this week before another vote on MP Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.