Assisted Suicide Bill Falls

The assisted suicide bill has been voted down by MPs by 270 votes to 286 in a major blow to supporters of changing the law. The Telegraph has more.

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was opposed by 270 votes to 286 in the Commons on Friday afternoon, following a five-hour debate.

MPs had voted in favour of the assisted dying bill last year when it was introduced by Kim Leadbeater, only for the legislation to run out of time in the Lords.

On Friday, Lauren Edwards, a backbench Labour MP, introduced a near-identical bill, in the hope of allowing adults in England and Wales with less than six months to live to seek medical assistance to end their lives.

But now it has been rejected by MPs, supporters of assisted dying could find themselves waiting years for another chance to change the law.

Two former Labour health ministers used the Commons debate to urge their colleagues to vote down the proposals.

Ashley Dalton, who is terminally ill, accused supporters of the bill of “scaremongering”, while Dr Zubir Ahmed warned that the NHS was not ready for the introduction of assisted dying.

During the debate, proponents of the bill including Liz Kendall and Hilary Benn, two former Cabinet ministers, argued that it was needed to relieve human suffering for the terminally ill....<<<Read More>>>....

The UK’s “assisted dying” bill is eugenics by another name

 Leadbeater’s kill bill is back. The euthanasia bill, officially called the ‘Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill’, has been reintroduced in Parliament by Labour MP for Rochester and Strood, Lauren Edwards.

As a UK Medical Freedom Alliance panel points out, this Bill will make eugenics a government policy by creating a healthcare system that will judge the value of somebody’s life according to their productivity, their activity and their efficiency.

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is a private member’s bill that proposes to legalise “assisted dying” in England and Wales. The Bill, originally introduced by Kim Leadbeater MP (Labour) in October 2024, passed the House of Commons in June 2025 but failed to become law because it did not complete its legislative stages in the House of Lords before the 2024–26 parliamentary session ended on 29 April 2026.

Lauren Edwards MP (Labour) has reintroduced the Bill into the House of Commons as a private member’s bill for the 2026-2927 parliamentary session. It passed its first reading in the Commons on 17 June 2026 and is scheduled for its second reading on 11 September 2026....<<<Read More>>>..

 

Assisted Suicide to Become Law as MPs Back Bill by 23 Votes

 Assisted suicide is to be legalised after MPs backed Kim Leadbetter’s bill by just 23 votes despite warnings the NHS does not have capacity to provide death services as well as medical services. The Telegraph has more.

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was supported by 314 votes to 291, a majority of 23, as it cleared the Commons, paving the way for assisted dying services to be introduced by the end of the decade.

The legislation will now go to the House of Lords for further scrutiny but the decision by MPs to give the Bill its third reading means it is now almost guaranteed to make it onto the statute book and become law.

The bill will allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales, with fewer than six months to live, to apply for an assisted death, subject to approval by two doctors and a panel featuring a social worker, senior legal figure and psychiatrist.

Critics of the legislation have warned its safeguards are not strong enough and vulnerable people could be coerced or feel pressured into ending their lives early.

The margin of victory was significantly smaller than it was in November last year when MPs backed the Bill in principle by 330 votes to 275, a majority of 55.

Sir Keir Starmer voted in favour of the Bill but other Cabinet heavyweights, including Wes Streeting and Angela Rayner, voted against.

In the debate, Labour MP and former shadow minister for disabled people Vicky Foxcroft highlighted opposition from disabled people, who are among those most likely to experience pressure and coercion in relation to ending their lives.

I don’t claim that every disabled person opposes assisted dying but I do claim that the vast majority of disabled people and their organisations oppose it.

They need the health and social care system fixing first. They want us as parliamentarians to assist them to live, not to die. ...<<<Read More>>>...