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No To Assisted Suicide!: Urge your MP to reject the Bill

No To Assisted Suicide!: Urge your MP to reject the Bill
petition author imageThe Society for the Protection of Unborn Children started this petition to Your Local MP - 2024/10/08

The NHS is in crisis. Thousands of people aren’t receiving the palliative care they need, and winter fuel payments have just been cut.


At a time when the elderly and vulnerable are struggling the most, what does the Labour Party offer them? Assisted suicide.


Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP for Spen Valley, is preparing to introduce a bill in the coming weeks that seeks to legalise assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. A parliamentary vote on the dangerous legislation is expected before the end of the year.


With the anticipated vote approaching fast, we don’t have much time to contact our MPs, many of whom are new to Parliament and have never voted on this issue before.


We don’t know where many of them stand, and the pro-assisted suicide lobby is already mobilising to push their message. That’s why we need to act now and make sure MPs hear from us.


Sign our petition today to urge your MP to oppose this dangerous legislation. The terminally ill need care and support—not pressure to end their lives.


This bill comes at a time when the UK’s healthcare system is in complete disarray.


Last month, Marie Curie revealed that 100,000 people die every year without receiving the palliative care they desperately need. Hospice UK has also warned of a £77 million deficit in the hospice sector, leaving the system stretched and at breaking point.


Instead of addressing these serious issues, the Labour Party is giving Parliament the time to toy with death as a solution.


Even Health Secretary Wes Streeting, a man who’s previously backed assisted suicide, is now waving red flags. He’s come out and said that Britain’s palliative care is so woefully underfunded and broken that people might feel pushed towards death—not out of choice, but because they’ve got no real support.


His words? "I'm not sure, as a country, we have the right end-of-life care available to enable a real choice on assisted dying."


Streeting is not the only Cabinet Minister sounding the alarm.


Zeroing in on the grim reality of introducing assisted suicide, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood warned: "...once you cross that line, you’ve crossed it forever. If it becomes the norm that at a certain age or with certain diseases, you are now a bit of a burden... that’s a really dangerous position".


Far from compassionate, this bill paves the way for further neglect, not care. In a broken healthcare system where many are left to suffer, pushing people towards death cannot be seen as care.


We must fight this bill and demand that Parliament focuses on giving people the care and dignity they deserve, not pushing them towards death.


Sign the petition to stop this bill and demand that Parliament focuses on fixing palliative care and ensuring vulnerable people get the support they deserve, not a fast track to death.


We’ve been here before. Just over nine years ago, I rallied alongside hundreds of others outside parliament as the British public rose up against another attempt at introducing assisted suicide–and we won. Rob Marris’ assisted suicide Bill was defeated by 330 votes to 118.


Together, we sent a powerful message to Parliament: vulnerable people should be assisted to live, not die.


Now, history is repeating itself, and we need to stand together once again. Proponents of assisted suicide think they can wear us down, slip their bill through Parliament, and impose this culture of death on our society.


But we can stop them.


We’ve done it before, and we will do it again.


We can remind Parliament that the real issue is not the "right to die" but the "right to live" with dignity, care, and support.


It’s time to rally, mobilise, and make sure MPs know that we demand real support for the terminally ill—not a law that will make them feel like a burden.


Contact your MP, sign the petition, and spread the word. Together, we can defeat this bill and protect the most vulnerable once again. Let’s make sure Parliament hears us loud and clear.


Sign the petition today and help protect life. The time to act is now.


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    Mary M. UNITED KINGDOM

Dear [MP’s Name],


I am writing to express my deep concern regarding the upcoming bill to legalise assisted suicide for the terminally ill.


It has become painfully clear that our healthcare system is in crisis. Thousands of people are not receiving the palliative care they desperately need, and hospice services are under immense financial pressure. According to Marie Curie, 100,000 people die every year without access to appropriate palliative care, and Hospice UK recently highlighted a £77 million deficit in the hospice sector. These are staggering figures, and they illustrate the urgent need for better end-of-life care—not the introduction of assisted suicide as a solution.


The bill presents the option of death at a time when our healthcare system is failing to provide the necessary care and support to the terminally ill. This is not a compassionate response; it is a tragic failure. The terminally ill should never feel that they are a burden or that assisted suicide is their only option because of the lack of adequate care.


Rather than legalising assisted suicide, we need to strengthen our palliative care system to ensure that no one is left without the care, pain management, and emotional support they need at the end of life. Improving palliative care would allow individuals to live their remaining days with dignity and support, without the pressure to choose death as a way out of suffering caused by a broken system.


I urge you to vote against this bill and advocate for comprehensive palliative care reforms that will provide the care and support our terminally ill citizens deserve. It is crucial that Parliament focuses on improving the quality of life for those facing serious illness, rather than introducing measures that could push them towards an untimely death.


Thank you for taking the time to consider my concerns. I look forward to hearing how you will stand up for better care and oppose this dangerous bill.


Yours sincerely,


[Your Name]