The campaign to legalise assisted suicide in the UK is gathering pace. Baroness Meacher’s assisted suicide Bill will have its Second Reading in the House of Lords on 22 October, and the pro-assisted suicide lobby is increasing pressure on Peers to support this dangerous bill.

This extreme bill would allow for lethal drugs to be prescribed to people predicted to have six months or less to live, even if these people feel pressure from their families or wider society to end their lives for fear of being a burden.