James’s terminally ill mum had to travel to Dignitas alone for an assisted death.
Now, one year on from MPs voting for the assisted dying Bill, a handful of Peers are trying to delay and derail it.
Write to Peers and let them know we expect progress, not sabotage.
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Anti-choice campaigners want ALL dying people to take a pregnancy test before accessing an assisted death.

Amendments like this aren’t scrutiny - they’re sabotage.

Email Peers today and tell them a tiny minority must not derail the assisted dying Bill.
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We welcome the announcement of extra time in the New Year for full and fair debate on the assisted dying Bill.

This time must be used properly. This Bill deserves genuine scrutiny - not further procedural manoeuvres from a tiny minority intent on delaying and derailing it.

“Don’t try and sabotage democracy.”
Dame Esther Rantzen notes that a flood of 1000+ amendments goes beyond scrutiny. It risks subverting the elected chamber and weakening trust in parliamentary process. The Commons has twice endorsed this Bill - Peers should respect that democratic decision.

“It is a life and death decision, that he will be supported through. And that’s the way it happens day in, day out in the health service.”
Baroness Murphy shared her brother’s decision to end his life by refusing treatment - these decisions are made every day under the Mental Capacity Act.

Former MP Sir Richard Ottaway shares his brother's story.
Mark, who had cancer, took his own life, wishing the law had given him choice and control.
As the assisted dying Bill enters Committee stage today, Peers must listen to the voices of dying people and families.

In 2023, Maddie shared that having the choice of assisted dying would provide her comfort in her final months.
As the assisted dying Bill continues through the House of Lords, her words are a powerful reminder to Peers: listen to the voices of those the Bill will impact most.

James shares how his terminally ill mum had to travel alone for an assisted death, leaving him unable to be with her in her final days.
As the assisted dying Bill continues its journey through Parliament, his story matters more than ever. MPs and Peers must hear his call for choice and compassion.

“I can’t imagine a committee hearing for any other bill not having representatives from… the people this bill will actually impact.”
Sophie, a mum with incurable cancer, is disappointed the Lords Committee on assisted dying didn’t hear from terminally ill people. Peers must hear from people like her

“There’s no dignity in dying a death so shrouded in pain.”
Poppy’s mum’s final days with pancreatic cancer were harrowing. Now Poppy’s fighting for change in her mum’s memory.
Watch the full video on our Instagram @dignityindying

Here are the 5 things you need to know about what happened in the House of Lords Select Committee looking at the assisted dying bill in 60 seconds.

Sir Tom Shakespeare told the Peers that people who are dying cannot wait for all social issues to be resolved before we change the law on assisted dying - they need the choice this Bill offers now.
“If we’re going to wait until there’s no inequality, we’re going to wait for an awful long time.”