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  • Slovenian Supreme Court upholds assisted suicide referendum NO vote

    Slovenian Supreme Court upholds assisted suicide referendum NO vote

    The Supreme Court of Slovenia has upheld the result of a November 2025 assisted suicide referendum, in which 53% of voters voted against the introduction of assisted suicide.

    SPUC News
    March 24, 2026
  • Huge relief as MSPs reject Scottish assisted suicide bill

    Huge relief as MSPs reject Scottish assisted suicide bill

    MSPs have just voted by 69 votes to 57 to reject the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill.

    SPUC News
    March 17, 2026
  • Former Chief Medical Officer for Scotland condemns assisted suicide proposal

    Former Chief Medical Officer for Scotland condemns assisted suicide proposal

    The former Chief Medical Officer for Scotland has warned MSPs not to require doctors to offer their patients “a pathway to death”.

    SPUC News
    March 16, 2026
  • Kim Leadbeater’s Assisted Suicide Bill could soon come crashing down

    Kim Leadbeater’s Assisted Suicide Bill could soon come crashing down

    Rather than being the result of obstruction, the bill’s struggles reflect deep ethical concerns, significant legislative problems, and widespread unease about the consequences of changing the law.

    SPUC News
    March 13, 2026
  • Scottish Tory leader removes support for assisted suicide after poll finds the public don’t think Liam McArthur’s Bill offers adequate safeguards

    Scottish Tory leader removes support for assisted suicide after poll finds the public don’t think Liam McArthur’s Bill offers adequate safeguards

    Now, more than ever, concern is mounting about coercion, domestic abuse, and the strength of its safeguards.

    SPUC News
    March 11, 2026
  • Rupert Lowe’s new political party, Restore Britain, has vowed to overturn assisted suicide and abortion up-to-birth

    Rupert Lowe’s new political party, Restore Britain, has vowed to overturn assisted suicide and abortion up-to-birth

    By explicitly committing to reversing both measures, Restore Britain is positioning itself as a socially conservative alternative on the right of British politics.

    SPUC News
    February 27, 2026
  • Assisted Suicide Bill set to fail, according to Sky News

    Assisted Suicide Bill set to fail, according to Sky News

    With just six sitting days remaining, Labour’s chief whip in the Upper House, Lord Kennedy, has made clear that the government will not repeat December’s move of granting extra time.

    SPUC News
    February 27, 2026
  • Senedd backs assisted suicide motion under pressure from Bill’s sponsors

    Senedd backs assisted suicide motion under pressure from Bill’s sponsors

    Members of the Welsh Senedd last night narrowly agreed to a motion that would allow the Leadbeater assisted suicide bill, if passed, to be implemented in Wales.

    SPUC News
    February 25, 2026
  • Seven Scottish medical bodies condemn the McArthur Bill as unsafe

    Seven Scottish medical bodies condemn the McArthur Bill as unsafe

    Seven leading medical and healthcare bodies have issued a rare joint warning over proposed Assisted Suicide Bill in Scotland.

    SPUC News
    February 24, 2026
  • Prue Leith admits to “planning” her own suicide as a contingency plan were assisted suicide not legalised

    Prue Leith admits to “planning” her own suicide as a contingency plan were assisted suicide not legalised

    The 86-year-old chef and entrepreneur admitted she is researching “the surest, most painless and simplest way” to end her life if the law is not changed in time.

    SPUC News
    February 17, 2026
  • “Unsafe at any speed” — The flaws of the Leadbeater Bill ensure the debate drags on

    “Unsafe at any speed” — The flaws of the Leadbeater Bill ensure the debate drags on

    A summary of Day 9 of the Committee Stage for the Assisted Suicide Bill in the House of Lords.

    SPUC News
    February 10, 2026
  • Lord Falconer says he is “not remotely embarrassed” by his association to Epstein friend, Peter Mandelson

    Lord Falconer says he is “not remotely embarrassed” by his association to Epstein friend, Peter Mandelson

    Lord Falconer has been caught in an awkward, evasive exchange on Sky News about his friendship with Peter Mandelson, a friend of convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

    SPUC News
    February 9, 2026
  • Hospices in England in worsening dire straits (again)

    Hospices in England in worsening dire straits (again)

    Three quarters of hospices in England are now running a deficit, raising serious concerns about what end of life care will look like if assisted suicide is legalised.

    SPUC News
    February 9, 2026
  • Democratic Presidential hopeful, Gavin Newsom, says assisted suicide made him “hate” his mother, despite his support of the practice

    Democratic Presidential hopeful, Gavin Newsom, says assisted suicide made him “hate” his mother, despite his support of the practice

    Assisted suicide often becomes an event that pulls others in, forcing relatives into complicity, whether they want it or not.

    SPUC News
    February 5, 2026
  • France’s assisted suicide law decimated in Senate

    France’s assisted suicide law decimated in Senate

    France’s proposed assisted suicide legislation has been left in jeopardy after the Senate rejected its central provision.

    SPUC News
    January 22, 2026
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