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Stand with us for assisted dying reform
Join us in Parliament Square on Wednesday, 22 April, from 9 AM. We will gather alongside our coalition partners at Humanists UK to show that this movement will not be…
Support our Crowdfunder to keep up the fight for assisted dying reform
My Death, My Decision has launched a new Crowdfunder to help keep up the fight for choice, dignity and compassion at the end of life. The campaign aims to raise…
New figures show a continued rise in Britons turning to Dignitas as Lords’ delay drags on
The number of people in the UK registered as members of Dignitas has continued to rise, according to newly published figures from the Swiss assisted-dying organisation.
Scotland denies dying people choice as assisted dying Bill falls at final vote
The Scottish Parliament has today voted against Liam McArthur MSP’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill, by 69 votes to 57, with 1 abstention, rejecting legislation that would…
Success! Island of Jersey passes historic Assisted Dying Law
The island of Jersey has passed its historic Assisted Dying Law, after States Members voted in favour by 32 votes to 16. My Death, My Decision, a member of the…
Senedd backs fairness and choice for dying people as assisted dying motion passes
The Senedd has voted in favour of the Legislative Consent Motion (LCM) for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill ,28 votes in favour, 23 against, 2 abstentions. My…
Isle of Man’s assisted dying Bill Royal Assent delay would cause democratic crisis
The Isle of Man’s Assisted Dying Bill may lead to a democratic crisis, campaigners have warned, as Royal Assent has not been given 11 months after the Bill passed its…
TAKE ACTION: Sign petition to tell the Lords not to block Assisted Dying Bill
Sophie Blake, a 52-year-old mother with stage four breast cancer, has launched a petition calling on ‘the Government to do everything in its power to ensure that when bills are…
Assisted Dying Bill breaks record for number of amendments
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill now has 1,227 proposed amendments at Committee Stage – more than any other Bill in the history of the UK Parliament. Humanists…
Parliament Act can be used to pass Assisted Dying Bill in light of Lords’ filibuster
Lord Falconer and Kim Leadbeater MP, the sponsors of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, have said they have received legal and constitutional advice that the Parliament Act…
Jersey one step closer to assisted dying – States Assembly votes in favour.
The island of Jersey is one step closer to an assisted dying law, after States Members voted in favour 32 to 14votes. My Death, My Decision and Humanists UK, both…
Assisted Dying filibuster continues despite consensus to return Bill to Commons
On the sixth Sitting Friday for the Committee stage of the Assisted Dying Bill in the House of Lords, debate in the House of Lords has continued at a glacial…
Only two amendment groups debated despite Lords’ vote for more time on Assisted Dying Bill
Debate in the House of Lords has continued at a glacial pace, with only 2 groups of amendments out of the 74 remaining groups being debated. This is despite peers…
House of Lords backs extra time for assisted dying debate
Peers have voted for a motion in support of more time for the Assisted Dying Bill to pass through the House of Lords. The fate of the Terminally Ill Adults…
Anti-assisted dying peers have been open about filibustering the Bill
Peers have been accused of attempting to filibuster the Assisted Dying Bill, essentially causing it to fail by proposing an unreasonable number of amendments and deliberately making unnecessary speeches to…
Blocking Assisted Dying Bill poses ‘danger to the reputation of House of Lords’: senior Peer opposed to the Bill
Baroness Butler-Sloss, a senior member of the House of Lords and an opponent of assisted dying, has warned the Lords today that attempts to talk out the Assisted Dying Bill…
US state of Illinois legalises assisted dying
The US State of Illinois has legalised assisted dying, after the Governor, JB Pritzker, signed it into law. It becomes the 13th jurisdiction in the US, and the 35th jurisdiction…
Remembering John Knight CBE
We were deeply saddened to hear that John Knight CBE, our esteemed patron, died on 2nd December. When John joined My Death, My Decision’s assisted dying campaign as a board…
Wales risks repeating Northern Ireland’s abortion mistake if Senedd rejects assisted dying powers
For over 50 years, abortion was legal in England, Scotland, and Wales, but not in Ireland or Northern Ireland, leading to a quarter of a million women travelling, often alone,…
Groundhog Day: Small group of peers continue to talk down the clock
The rate of debate on the Assisted Dying Bill has not progressed sufficiently for the Bill to pass, with only three groups of amendments, representing 50 amendments, debated today. While…
Baroness Coffey proposes holiday ban for terminally ill assisted dying applicants
Update: Baroness Coffey has withdrawn this amendment. We hope it was in light of pressure about its cruel and unworkable nature. Original article presented below: Liz Truss’s Health Secretary,…
In Memory of Tim Wardle: A Voice of Principle in the Assisted Dying Campaign
We are deeply saddened to share that Tim Wardle, an unwavering supporter of the assisted dying campaign, died from cancer, he was 86. Tim, who lived in Devon, campaigned not…
12 more days for Assisted Dying Bill means Peers should stop filibustering
The Government has just announced 12 further days of House of Lords time that will be set aside for debating the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, in addition…
Assisted Dying Bill filibustering contradicts cross-party election promises
If the House of Lords times out the Assisted Dying Bill, it would break the Prime Minister’s pre-election pledge, as well as manifesto commitments by the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, and…
Assisted Dying Bill at risk of being talked out by House of Lords
The House of Lords will talk out the Assisted Dying Bill, causing it to fail, unless they speed up the debate. My Death, My Decision is dismayed that the unelected…
Two decades to get through assisted dying amendments at Lords’ current pace
It could take over two decades for the Assisted Dying Bill to pass the House of Lords, even if no more amendments are tabled – unless the debate speeds up.…
Our patron Jean Eveleigh challenges misrepresentation of disabled people in Assisted Dying Bill Committee
My Death, My Decision patron Jean Eveleigh has given evidence to the Human Rights (Joint) Committee, which held a one-off evidence session on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life)…
Seven Assisted Dying Bill opponents table 587 amendments between them
Today, members of the House of Lords will debate the Terminally Ill Adults Bill for the first sitting of Committee Stage. Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, Baroness Grey-Thompson, Lord Carlile of…
Assisted dying: Experts warn against complexity and bureaucracy
The House of Lords Select Committee on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill held its fifth and final day of oral evidence, during which it heard evidence from…
