A two-year-old child with cerebral palsy and epilepsy was euthanized in the Netherlands in 2025, marking the first euthanasia case for a non-infant child under 12 following the country's 2024 law expansion allowing euthanasia for children of all ages. Despite independent doctors initially concluding the child was not continuously suffering unbearably and that reasonable alternatives existed, the euthanasia proceeded after a second opinion confirmed the criteria were met, and the doctor complied with due-care requirements according to the Review Committee.
Members of Parliament defeated a Bill proposing assisted suicide. The article encourages readers to take various actions to oppose assisted suicide and extreme abortion amendments in the UK Parliament and devolved legislatures.
A new poll indicates that 82% of respondents support Burnham's stance on assisted suicide, coinciding with calls for MPs to prioritize improving care and to vote against the assisted suicide Bill. The article also reports that MPs have defeated the assisted suicide Bill and encourages readers to take various actions to oppose assisted suicide and extreme abortion amendments.
Members of Parliament defeated the assisted suicide Bill before the vote scheduled for Friday. The article encourages readers to take various actions such as emailing or meeting with MPs to oppose assisted suicide and extreme abortion amendments.
We are now just six days away from the decisive House of Commons vote on the revived assisted suicide Bill on Friday 11 September. Lord Alton has written the following message for people like you who are helping to stop the assisted suicide Bill passing next Friday. If you have not already, please email your […]
29 August 2026 – A new Government assessment of the revived assisted suicide Bill, which MPs will vote on at Second Reading on 11 September, has warned that poverty, poorer access to healthcare, lower-quality care and domestic abuse could lead to “disproportionate numbers of ethnic minority people” opting to end their lives through assisted suicide, […]
Thank you to everyone who has already emailed their MP using the new version of our tool. If you have not yet done so – please email your MP now. It takes just 30 seconds. The tool sends a new email tailored specifically for your MP, with important information they need to see before 11 […]
There are now just over two weeks until MPs vote on the revived assisted suicide Bill. We are getting in touch because there is a new action we need you to take today. We have just launched a new version of our MP email tool which includes important new information that we need your MP […]
Thank you so much if you have already emailed or posted a letter to your MP asking them to vote no to the revived assisted suicide Bill. Now, with just over three weeks until the Second Reading vote on 11 September, we need you to take an important next step today: request a brief meeting […]
We have some very encouraging news in the battle to defeat the assisted suicide Bill – but we need you to take an important new action now to help turn this opportunity into votes in Parliament. Last week, Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivered a major setback to the assisted suicide lobby. He said that palliative […]
Lauren Edwards MP has published her assisted suicide Bill in near-identical form to the much criticised Leadbeater Bill from the previous parliamentary session, retaining dozens of serious flaws identified by Royal Colleges, professional bodies, the Equality and Human Rights Commission, and disability, mental health and domestic abuse charities. By publishing a near-identical Bill to the […]
This afternoon, Lauren Edwards MP published her assisted suicide Bill. That is why we need you to email your MP today using our updated Support Not Suicide campaign email tool. The email that your MP receives includes important new information that MPs need to see today. If you would like to read more about what […]
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press release – Lauren Edwards reintroduces same deeply unsafe assisted suicide Bill retaining dozens of serious flaws identified by Royal Colleges, professional bodies and domestic abuse charities 16 July 2026 – Lauren Edwards has published her assisted suicide Bill in near-identical form to Kim Leadbeater’s deeply flawed and unsafe […]
A Bill that would scrap the mandatory three-day waiting period after an initial consultation for an abortion in Ireland has progressed in the lower house of the Irish Parliament. The Health (Abolition of Three Day Wait Rule) (Amendment) Bill 2026, which was put to a vote in the Dáil (the lower house of the Irish […]
Abortion statistics released by the Department of Health in Ireland show there were 10,600 abortions in Ireland in 2025, a 59.02% increase since legislation introducing abortion on demand came into effect in 2019, when 6,666 abortions took place. This brings the total from 2019 until the end of 2025 to almost 60,000 abortions. Before new […]
In New Zealand, cases of euthanasia and assisted suicide have increased by almost 50% (48.17%) for the year April 2025 to March 2026 compared with the same period in 2022-2023, just three years ago, according to data released by the New Zealand Ministry of Health earlier today. According to ‘Registrar (assisted dying) Annual Report to […]
Despite a very big backlash from a large number of MPs, Lauren Edwards MP has gone ahead with bringing back Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill. She formally presented it to the House of Commons today. Lauren Edwards also confirmed that the Bill’s Second Reading will take place on Friday 11 September. It’s now going to […]
The Labour MP for Rochester and Strood, Lauren Edwards, has announced that she intends to use her number two slot in the Private Members’ Bill ballot to bring back Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill. There has been a massive backlash from a large number of her fellow Labour MPs and other commentators after she signalled […]
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press release – Calls for Lauren Edwards to rethink and not bring back the divisive assisted suicide Bill, which would cause Labour civil war 15 June 2025 – Labour MP, Lauren Edwards, is being called on to bring forward a Private Members’ Bill that would unite her constituency, the […]
A Peer has launched a Bill proposing a law change that requires the Government to report on the full extent of complications arising from abortion, including complications from abortions where parts of the unborn baby are left in the mother’s womb. Lord Moylan’s Complications from Abortions (Annual Report) Bill was introduced to the House of […]
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press release – Abortion complications reporting Bill receives First Reading in House of Lords 10 June 2026 – A Peer has launched a Bill proposing a law change that requires the Government to report on the full extent of complications arising from abortion. Lord Moylan’s Complications from Abortions (Annual […]
An eating disorders researcher has warned that bringing back the assisted suicide Bill using the Parliament Acts would also bring back a loophole that would put the lives of people with eating disorders at risk. Chelsea Roff, the founder of leading eating disorder charity Eat Breathe Thrive, said that Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill, which […]
At 9am this Thursday, the House of Commons Private Members’ Bill ballot will take place. Assisted suicide campaigners, led by Kim Leadbeater MP, have made it clear that they are going to put considerable pressure on the 20 MPs who are successful in the ballot to bring back her assisted suicide Bill. Their aim is […]
Today is the final day of our appeal. By midnight tonight, we need to reach our £199,250 target. This is now within reach, but we are not there yet. The situation is serious. In the coming weeks and months, we will be facing fresh attempts to bring back assisted suicide at Westminster, major changes to […]
Two important Private Members’ Bills will be introduced in the House of Lords after they were drawn in a ballot this morning. As part of the beginning of a new parliamentary session, Peers are able to enter a Private Members’ Bill into a ballot in the hope that their bill may be selected and be […]
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press release – Bills on abortion complications reporting and babies born alive after an abortion to be introduced in the House of Lords 15 May 2026 – Two important Private Members’ Bills will be introduced in the House of Lords after they were drawn in a ballot this morning. […]
While the King’s Speech made no mention that the Government would take up the failed assisted suicide Bill, the Government’s legislative agenda could be hijacked to introduce further extreme changes to our abortion law. In his speech earlier today, as part of an Oral statement to Parliament, the King outlined the Government’s intention to introduce […]
