--- title: Assisted suicide date: 2024-10-22T15:02:00+01:00 author: Alicia Edmund canonical_url: "https://www.eauk.org/what-we-do/advocacy/assisted-suicide" section: Pages --- #### Assisted dying / suicide is about more than an individual choice; it impacts communities and is of public interest. If the proposals are successful, they will fundamentally change a society’s relationship with the health and social care sector. People will go from receiving a duty of care to feeling a duty to die if they are concerned about being a burden to loved ones. Assisted suicide is about more than an individual choice; it impacts communities and is of public interest. If the proposals are successful, they will fundamentally change a society’s relationship with the health and social care sector. People will go from receiving a duty of care to feeling a duty to die if they are concerned about being a burden to loved ones. For the past 20 years, we have engaged with the issue in the media and in parliament, and the current proposals are the most significant attempt to change the law in many years. Our motivation is based on the fundamental truth that all human life is valuable and should be protected. However, our concerns are shared with many people of different belief systems as well. We believe legalising assisted suicide in the UK will lead to unintended consequences, particularly for those living in socially deprived communities, with learning and physical disabilities, the elderly or those suffering with mental distress. ### Engaging with the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill ##### [ ![Why the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill fell](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Holyrood on an autumnal day](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/15590247021_891477ac6d_o.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/why-the-assisted-dying-for-terminally-ill-adults-scotland-bill-fell) [#### Why the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill fell ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/why-the-assisted-dying-for-terminally-ill-adults-scotland-bill-fell) MSPs saw the risks and voted against the bill [ ![Chris Ringland](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/chris-ringland) [ Chris Ringland ](/author/chris-ringland) 23 April 2026 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/why-the-assisted-dying-for-terminally-ill-adults-scotland-bill-fell) [ ![Is the assisted suicide bill finished?](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Pexels hannah barata 776560167 19782380](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/pexels-hannah-barata-776560167-19782380.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/is-the-assisted-suicide-bill-finished) [#### Is the assisted suicide bill finished? ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/is-the-assisted-suicide-bill-finished) Will the assisted dying bill make a return? [ ![Mark Gilmore](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/mark-gilmore) [ Mark Gilmore ](/author/mark-gilmore) 23 April 2026 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/is-the-assisted-suicide-bill-finished) [ ![The Senedd must not consent to the assisted suicide bill – here’s why](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Welsh Parliament and Senedd Chamber with First Minister Eluned Morgan MS](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/Welsh-Parliament-and-Senedd-Chamber-with-First-Minister-Eluned-Morgan-MS.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/the-senedd-must-not-consent-to-the-assisted-suicide-bill-heres-why) [#### The Senedd must not consent to the assisted suicide bill – here’s why ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/the-senedd-must-not-consent-to-the-assisted-suicide-bill-heres-why) Members of Senedd must continue to reject calls to legalise or implement an assisted suicide pathway in Wales [ ![Alicia Edmund](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/alicia-edmund) [ Alicia Edmund ](/author/alicia-edmund) 13 January 2026 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/the-senedd-must-not-consent-to-the-assisted-suicide-bill-heres-why) > The church can, and should, offer a pastoral perspective on this debate. Christians have been at the forefront of the hospice and palliative care movements, and we continue to give dignity to each person in the final days of their life. ![Peter Lynas](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Peter Lynas](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) **Peter Lynas**UK Director, Evangelical Alliance ### Improving end of life care in the UK ##### Public policy work in the Senedd, Holyrood and Westminster. We take a collaborative approach, working with member organisations, across party parliamentarians, disability charities and those in hospice care and the NHS. [ ![Issue Briefing on Assisted Dying](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/pexels-kampus-7551677.jpg) ![Young Persons Hand Holding an Old Persons Hand](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/pexels-kampus-7551677.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/issue-briefing-on-assisted-dying) [#### Issue Briefing on Assisted Dying ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/issue-briefing-on-assisted-dying) Equipping Christians to engage both pastorally and politically on this issue [ ![Peter Lynas](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/peter-lynas) [ Peter Lynas ](/author/peter-lynas) 22 October 2024 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/issue-briefing-on-assisted-dying) [ ![MSPs must vote against the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill at its final stage](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Scottish parliament](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/Scottish-parliament.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/msps-must-vote-against-the-assisted-dying-for-terminally-ill-adults-bill-at-its-final-stage) [#### MSPs must vote against the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill at its final stage ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/msps-must-vote-against-the-assisted-dying-for-terminally-ill-adults-bill-at-its-final-stage) Chris Ringland shares the latest on the bill in Scotland and what happens next [ ![Chris Ringland](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/chris-ringland) [ Chris Ringland ](/author/chris-ringland) 21 January 2026 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/msps-must-vote-against-the-assisted-dying-for-terminally-ill-adults-bill-at-its-final-stage) [ ![A glimmer of hope: the Lords is uncovering the truth about assisted suicide](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Pexels vafphotos 14553829](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/pexels-vafphotos-14553829.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/a-glimmer-of-hope-the-lords-is-uncovering-the-truth-about-assisted-suicide) [#### A glimmer of hope: the Lords is uncovering the truth about assisted suicide ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/a-glimmer-of-hope-the-lords-is-uncovering-the-truth-about-assisted-suicide) Why is additional scrutiny such good news for this debate? [ ![Mark Gilmore](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/mark-gilmore) [ Mark Gilmore ](/author/mark-gilmore) 23 September 2025 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/a-glimmer-of-hope-the-lords-is-uncovering-the-truth-about-assisted-suicide) [ ![An update on the push for assisted suicide in Westminster and Scotland](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Doctor prescription by Khanchit Khirisutchalual on i Stock](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/Doctor-prescription-by-Khanchit-Khirisutchalual-on-iStock.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/an-update-on-the-push-for-assisted-suicide-in-westminster-and-scotland) [#### An update on the push for assisted suicide in Westminster and Scotland ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/an-update-on-the-push-for-assisted-suicide-in-westminster-and-scotland) Mark Gilmore highlights four key concerns following recent government debates [ ![Mark Gilmore](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/mark-gilmore) [ Mark Gilmore ](/author/mark-gilmore) 19 May 2025 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/an-update-on-the-push-for-assisted-suicide-in-westminster-and-scotland) [ ![Email your MP to vote no to assisted suicide](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![2024 MP Intake](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/2024-MP-Intake.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/assisted-dying-bill-reaches-a-critical-point-in-its-parliamentary-process) [#### Email your MP to vote no to assisted suicide ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/assisted-dying-bill-reaches-a-critical-point-in-its-parliamentary-process) Assisted dying bill reaches a critical point in its parliamentary process [ ![Alicia Edmund](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/alicia-edmund) [ Alicia Edmund ](/author/alicia-edmund) 24 March 2025 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/assisted-dying-bill-reaches-a-critical-point-in-its-parliamentary-process) [ !["It's important for people to have a good death," says Rachael Maskell MP](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Rachael Maskell](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/Rachael-Maskell.jpeg) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/its-important-for-people-to-have-a-good-death-says-rachael-maskell-mp) [#### "It's important for people to have a good death," says Rachael Maskell MP ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/its-important-for-people-to-have-a-good-death-says-rachael-maskell-mp) Watch our Cross Section interview with Rachael Maskell MP about palliative care, safeguards and how we journey with those who are suffering [ ![Alicia Edmund](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/alicia-edmund) [ Alicia Edmund ](/author/alicia-edmund) 06 March 2025 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/its-important-for-people-to-have-a-good-death-says-rachael-maskell-mp) [ ![Kim Leadbeater replaces High Court judge with assisted dying review panels](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Kim Leadbeater MP](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/Kim-Leadbeater-MP.jpeg) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/kim-leadbeater-replaces-high-court-judge-with-assisted-dying-review-panels) [#### Kim Leadbeater replaces High Court judge with assisted dying review panels ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/kim-leadbeater-replaces-high-court-judge-with-assisted-dying-review-panels) Backbench Labour MPs are vocalising their concerns in response to Leadbeater’s U-turn [ ![Alicia Edmund](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/alicia-edmund) [ Alicia Edmund ](/author/alicia-edmund) 25 February 2025 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/kim-leadbeater-replaces-high-court-judge-with-assisted-dying-review-panels) [ ![Assisted dying law – what comes next?](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Kim Leadbeater MP (Spen Valley, Labour)](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/53882070176_7ec5c89198_6k.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/assisted-dying-law-what-comes-next) [#### Assisted dying law – what comes next? ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/assisted-dying-law-what-comes-next) Danny Webster reflects on the vote in parliament to progress the bill to permit assisted dying and what will happen for it to become law [ ![Danny Webster](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/danny-webster) [ Danny Webster ](/author/danny-webster) 02 December 2024 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/assisted-dying-law-what-comes-next) [ ![Parliament set to debate and vote on legalising assisted dying in England and Wales](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Kim Leadbeater Labour MP for Spen Valley](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/54071425201_5e11ab27c2_o.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/parliament-set-to-debate-and-vote-on-legalising-assisted-dying-in-england-and-wales) [#### Parliament set to debate and vote on legalising assisted dying in England and Wales ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/parliament-set-to-debate-and-vote-on-legalising-assisted-dying-in-england-and-wales) The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will have its second reading on 29 November. Learn what’s being proposed and how to engage your local MP ahead of the debate. [ ![Alicia Edmund](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/alicia-edmund) [ Alicia Edmund ](/author/alicia-edmund) 12 November 2024 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/parliament-set-to-debate-and-vote-on-legalising-assisted-dying-in-england-and-wales) [ ![What’s wrong with a bill seeking to introduce assisted suicide?](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Kim Leadbeater MP (Spen Valley, Labour)](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/53882070176_7ec5c89198_6k.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/whats-wrong-with-a-bill-seeking-to-introduce-assisted-suicide) [#### What’s wrong with a bill seeking to introduce assisted suicide? ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/whats-wrong-with-a-bill-seeking-to-introduce-assisted-suicide) Danny Webster, director of advocacy outlines the significance of the proposed End of Life Bill and why we must act now to oppose it [ ![Danny Webster](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/danny-webster) [ Danny Webster ](/author/danny-webster) 12 November 2024 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/whats-wrong-with-a-bill-seeking-to-introduce-assisted-suicide) [ ![How might we approach the conversation on Assisted Dying?](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![I Stock 1156352529](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/iStock-1156352529.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/how-might-we-approach-the-conversation-on-assisted-dying) [#### How might we approach the conversation on Assisted Dying? ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/how-might-we-approach-the-conversation-on-assisted-dying) David Smyth shares his reflections on the upcoming Assisted Dying private members bill and how we can put this into context as Christians [ ![David Smyth](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/david-smyth) [ David Smyth ](/author/david-smyth) 10 October 2024 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/how-might-we-approach-the-conversation-on-assisted-dying) [ ![Assisted Dying Inquiry: important things you need to know](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![portcullis house wilson room](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/230816_portcullis-house_wilson-room_elspeth-keep_cos02496.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/important-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-assisted-dying-inquiry) [#### Assisted Dying Inquiry: important things you need to know ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/important-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-assisted-dying-inquiry) In our response to an inquiry by the Health and Social Care Committee, we encouraged MPs to prioritise improving palliative care, instead of legalising assisted suicide [ ![Nicola Martin](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/nicola-martin) [ Nicola Martin ](/author/nicola-martin) 13 March 2023 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/important-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-assisted-dying-inquiry) [ ![Why we must oppose assisted dying proposals in Scotland](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Patty brito Y 3 Dt0us7e0 unsplash](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/patty-brito-Y-3Dt0us7e0-unsplash.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/scotland-why-we-must-oppose-assisted-dying-proposals-in-scotland) [#### Why we must oppose assisted dying proposals in Scotland ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/scotland-why-we-must-oppose-assisted-dying-proposals-in-scotland) Good intentions are not enough when it comes to policymaking for life and death [ ![Matthew Holden](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/matthew-holden) [ Matthew Holden ](/author/matthew-holden) 11 July 2023 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/scotland-why-we-must-oppose-assisted-dying-proposals-in-scotland) [ ![New plans to allow assisted dying must be strongly opposed](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Elderly people in chairs](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/elderly-people-in-chairs.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/new-plans-to-allow-assisted-dying-must-be-strongly-opposed) [#### New plans to allow assisted dying must be strongly opposed ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/new-plans-to-allow-assisted-dying-must-be-strongly-opposed) Plans will be introduced into parliament to permit assisting a terminally ill person to die [ ![Danny Webster](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/danny-webster) [ Danny Webster ](/author/danny-webster) 27 May 2021 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/new-plans-to-allow-assisted-dying-must-be-strongly-opposed) [ ![Assisted suicide would lead to more suffering, not less](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Hush naidoo jade photography yo01 Z 9 HQ Aw unsplash](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/hush-naidoo-jade-photography-yo01Z-9HQAw-unsplash.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/assisted-suicide-would-lead-to-more-suffering-not-less) [#### Assisted suicide would lead to more suffering, not less ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/assisted-suicide-would-lead-to-more-suffering-not-less) We’re encouraging our members to make their views known to the Scottish Parliament on this important issue [ ![Shanley McConnell](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/shanley-mcconnell) [ Shanley McConnell ](/author/shanley-mcconnell) 17 December 2021 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/assisted-suicide-would-lead-to-more-suffering-not-less) --- --- ### Understanding key terms **Assisted dying:** proponents of the assisted dying bill in 2015 in England and Wales argue that this term best describes prescribing life ending drugs for terminally ill mentally competent adults to administer themselves after meeting strict legal safeguards. **Assisted suicide** describes giving assistance to die to people with long term progressive conditions and other people who are not dying in addition to patients with a long-term illness. The drugs are self-administered. **Voluntary euthanasia:** this describes a doctor directly administrating life-ending drugs to a patient who has given consent. [ ![Pray with us ahead of the assisted suicide votes in Westminster and Holyrood](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Assisted Suicide prayer](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/Assisted-Suicide-prayer-points-HIGH-RES-1.jpeg) ](https://www.eauk.org/what-we-do/advocacy/assisted-suicide/pray-with-us-ahead-of-the-assisted-suicide-votes-in-westminster-and-holyrood) [#### Pray with us ahead of the assisted suicide votes in Westminster and Holyrood ](https://www.eauk.org/what-we-do/advocacy/assisted-suicide/pray-with-us-ahead-of-the-assisted-suicide-votes-in-westminster-and-holyrood) Christians across the UK will be praying that politicians choose life and vote against these proposals. Will you join in? [ Time to pray ](https://www.eauk.org/what-we-do/advocacy/assisted-suicide/pray-with-us-ahead-of-the-assisted-suicide-votes-in-westminster-and-holyrood) [](https://www.eauk.org/what-we-do/advocacy/assisted-suicide/pray-with-us-ahead-of-the-assisted-suicide-votes-in-westminster-and-holyrood)