Ask your MP to oppose assisted suicide

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater is taking an assisted suicide Bill through the House of Commons. We're acutely concerned about this. Assisted suicide would be a seismic, and negative, ethical change comparable to the Abortion Act 1967.

It's important that MPs hear from their constituents. We've set up an email tool to assist you in writing to your MP about this issue. You can edit the email template and we'd encourage you to personalise it as much as possible before hitting send.

If you feel able to share one, powerful, personal stories will make a huge difference. Stories of good palliative and end of life care are especially important. Even if you don't have a story, sharing your opposition to a change in the law will still help.

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As your constituent, I am writing to raise my concerns about legislation to introduce ‘assisted dying’. Wherever you stand on this issue personally, its dangers are clear and have been set out in many parliamentary debates over the years.

Where the law has changed around the world, being a burden on family, friends and caregivers is consistently cited as one of the main end-of-life concerns for those dying under those laws. Changing the law here would have a similarly profound cultural impact.

I’m also concerned that assisted suicide would lead to both overt and unseen pressure on elderly, disabled, and marginalised people – including those living in poverty – to consider the “option” because they do not have sufficient health, social, and welfare support.

Some people argue that we need assisted suicide. Not if we ensure the availability of good end of life care, to deal with the fear of a painful, undignified end. This country leads the way in palliative care but much more investment is needed in this area of medicine.

The law’s duty is to protect: if you change the law, it will no longer protect the vulnerable. Evidence from countries around the world is that these laws start off as being for the terminally ill or those who are in great pain but expand to allow wider access.

Parliament has looked at this issue repeatedly over the years and concluded that a law change is simply too dangerous. I believe that this is still true, and therefore urge you to vote against assisted suicide.

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