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California has experienced the highest number of yearly assisted suicides on record, with a total of 1,235 deaths in 2025, a 149.49% increase over five years. Released this week, the California End of Life Option Act 2025 Data Report shows a 10.96% increase in total deaths from assisted suicide compared with the previous year, when […]
Read →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 […]
Read →A Labour Party MP has argued that end-of-life care must be fixed ahead of any debate about the legalisation of assisted suicide, echoing comments made by the Prime Minister last month. Just weeks before Second Reading of the new assisted suicide Bill on 11 September, Adam Jogee, the Labour MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, has argued that […]
Read →Many prominent people with disabilities in the arts, media, journalism, academia, and the charity sector have called on the Prime Minister to stop the assisted suicide Bill progressing and instead fix palliative and end-of-life care. Those people joining the call include the actors Liz Carr and Ruth Madeley; the comedian Rosie Jones; the television presenter […]
Read →Hospices in England have made significant cuts to services after ending the last financial year with a deficit of over £70 million, as the Prime Minister says the care sector’s funding issues must be fixed before assisted suicide is debated. According to Hospice UK, hospices in England ended the last financial year with a collective […]
Read →A pregnant teenager has been murdered in America for not having an abortion, according to the victim’s family. Rylee Montgomery, a 16-year-old from Arizona, was less than 14 weeks pregnant when she was shot to death in May this year. The alleged perpetrator of the crime was Rylee’s boyfriend, 18-year-old Michael Isiah Sanchez, who was […]
Read →A man has had his life ended by euthanasia after being turned down for hospice care because his disease was twice deemed not serious enough for hospice care, according to his daughter. Colleen De Vos, from Canada, revealed how her father, who had been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), had his life ended […]
Read →A Labour Party MP has said that Andy Burnham is right that the care sector needs to be fixed before any debate around legalising assisted suicide should take place. Just weeks before Second Reading of the new assisted suicide Bill on 11 September, Douglas McAllister, the Member of Parliament for West Dunbartonshire, has argued in […]
Read →An 83-year-old grandmother allegedly had her life ended against her will in a Canadian nursing home, contrary to her wishes and her religious beliefs, her family has claimed. Brigitte Stegemann, known to her family as “GG”, had her life ended by euthanasia on 10 July under Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) programme. According to […]
Read →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 […]
Read →More than 140 doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers in Yorkshire have called on MPs to reject the new assisted suicide Bill at its Second Reading on 11 September, calling it “unsafe”. The healthcare professionals, including GPs and consultants, have signed a letter urging MPs and the Government to reject the legislation. In the letter, […]
Read →A popular YouTuber who was considering ending his life by assisted suicide after experiencing chronic health issues has said he “will reassess” following a huge outcry from his fans. YouTuber Max Gilardi, who has over 2 million subscribers and is known online as hotdiggedydemon, revealed in a livestream that he was considering ending his life […]
Read →In a major setback for the assisted suicide lobby ahead of the 11 September vote on the revived assisted suicide Bill, the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, has said that the debate around introducing assisted suicide should not take place in a context where palliative and social care remains poorly funded, confirming “that’s the position I […]
Read →PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press release – Major setback for assisted suicide lobby as Prime Minister Andy Burnham says assisted suicide debate should not happen while palliative and social care remains poorly funded 29 July 2026 – In a major setback for the assisted suicide lobby ahead of the 11 September vote on […]
Read →Extremely rare premature identical quadruplets are doing “extremely well” after being born at just 28 weeks gestation. Babies Emily, Harriet, Alexa and Catherine were delivered earlier this month by caesarean section. The four sisters are monozygotic quadruplets, meaning they are identical and developed after a single zygote divided into four embryos. They also shared the […]
Read →Rhoda Grant, a former Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP), has called for Labour Party MPs to unite in voting down Lauren Edwards’ assisted suicide Bill, rather than reopen and deepen yet more divisions under the new Prime Minister. Writing in The Times newspaper, Scotland edition, Grant said that the issue of assisted suicide […]
Read →Over 350 reporting errors and “compliance concerns” for euthanasia and assisted suicide in British Columbia in 2024 required practitioners to receive “education” on the criminal law and professional standards regarding the administration of death, raising serious safety concerns. The data, contained within a confidential annual report prepared by the official MAID [Medical Assistance in Dying] […]
Read →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 […]
Read →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 […]
Read →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 […]
Read →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 […]
Read →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 […]
Read →Pro-life veteran and former Minister and MP, Ann Widdecombe, died at her home yesterday morning at the age of 78. During her long and distinguished career in Parliament, she was a leader in the public fight for protections for unborn babies at the beginning of life and the elderly and vulnerable towards the end of […]
Read →PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Heroine of the pro-life cause, Ann Widdecombe, dies at 78 – obituary covering a lifetime championing the pro-life cause 10 July 2026 – Pro-life veteran and former Minister and MP, Ann Widdecombe, died at her home yesterday morning at the age of 78. During her long and distinguished career […]
Read →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 […]
Read →The British Medical Association (BMA) has affirmed that “assisted dying is not a medical treatment”, highlighting many of the issues with legislating in this area that will be of concern for MPs. The BMA, the professional association and trade union representing and negotiating on behalf of all doctors in the UK, agreed at its Annual […]
Read →Only weeks after voicing her support for a change in the law on assisted suicide, Dawn French has now expressed grave doubts about the negative effects that legalising assisted suicide will likely have on those in poverty. Appearing on a podcast to talk about her latest book, in which she makes her sympathy for a […]
Read →A premature baby who was born without a heartbeat has survived after doctors spent around an hour attempting to revive him. Baby Luca was delivered by emergency Caesarean section seven weeks before his due date, weighing just 3lb 5oz, after they found that his heart had stopped beating. Medical staff continued working to resuscitate him […]
Read →Five days after delivering her premature baby girl at just 29 weeks, mother Taylor Plemmons was finally able to hold her daughter, Margot. Taylor described the moment she was able to hold her daughter for the first time as “the sweetest and scariest feeling in the world”. “When the nurse placed her in my arms, […]
Read →The Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, who has long been a supporter of assisted suicide, has announced his intention to resign as Prime Minister, following Andy Burnham’s by-election victory on Friday 19 June. But what does his resignation mean for the pro-life movement? Unsuccessful attempt to make assisted suicide legal under Keir Starmer Starmer has […]
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