Proposals to introduce assisted suicide in Great Britain are at a critical stage with votes in Westminster and the Scottish Parliament. Now is the time to speak up, contact your MP and pray.
Assisted suicide is about more than an individual choice; it impacts communities and is of public interest. If the proposals are successful, they will fundamentally change a society’s relationship with the health and social care sector. People will go from receiving a duty of care to feeling a duty to die if they are concerned about being a burden to loved ones.
For the past 20 years, we have engaged with the issue in the media and in parliament, and the current proposals are the most significant attempt to change the law in many years. Our motivation is based on the fundamental truth that all human life is valuable and should be protected. However, our concerns are shared with many people of different belief systems as well.
We believe legalising assisted suicide in the UK will lead to unintended consequences, particularly for those living in socially deprived communities, with learning and physical disabilities, the elderly or those suffering with mental distress.
As the issue is discussed extensively in the media and in parliament, let us pray that those most vulnerable and dependent on the health and social care system will be protected from harm, their personhood respected, and access to support strengthened.
Engaging with the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Email your MP to vote no to assisted suicide
Assisted dying bill reaches a critical point in its parliamentary process Email your MP
National Day of Prayer against assisted suicide
Join us in praying every individual can access the care and treatment they need at the end of life Find out more
"The church can, and should, offer a pastoral perspective on this debate. Christians have been at the forefront of the hospice and palliative care movements, and we continue to give dignity to each person in the final days of their life."
UK Director, Evangelical Alliance
UK Director, Evangelical Alliance
Podcast and media interviews
Improving end of life care in the UK
Public policy work in the Senedd, Holyrood and Westminster. We take a collaborative approach, working with member organisations, across party parliamentarians, disability charities and those in hospice care and the NHS.
An update on the push for assisted suicide in Westminster and Scotland
Mark Gilmore highlights four key concerns following recent government debates Find out more
Four groups negatively affected by the assisted dying bill
An assisted death is a choice for the few at the expense of the many Learn More
