Help us protect an assisted dying Bill at risk

Aim

MPs have backed assisted dying reform, but the Bill now faces the risk of being blocked. Help us keep pushing for change.

Help us fight for choice at the end of life

A Bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales has already been backed by MPs, but it could still be lost. My Death, My Decision is raising funds to help keep up the fight for choice, dignity and compassion at the end of life.

Although MPs have already backed this Bill, a small group of peers in the House of Lords continues to delay it with a huge number of amendments and a painfully slow debate. If they succeed in running down the clock, the Bill will simply fall, and terminally ill people will continue to be forced to suffer against their wishes.

This is a crucial moment. The House of Lords now faces a choice: to let this continue or be brave enough to do what they have been asked to do and help deliver the change so many dying people and their families have called for.

The public has consistently been clear where they stand. British Social Attitudes has tracked views on assisted dying for decades, and its latest findings show support remains high and stable, with 79% saying it should be allowed in cases of terminal illness. Other recent polling also suggests the public is losing patience with the delay, with 83% saying the Bill should be brought back in the next parliamentary session if it runs out of time.

The public has made up its mind. Our elected MPs have made up their mind. Now the House of Lords needs to reach a conclusion.

But public support alone is not enough.

My Death, My Decision campaigns for a safe, compassionate assisted dying law with strong safeguards for terminally ill adults.  We are a small grassroots campaign, and moments like this demand huge effort. Our team works every day to respond to political developments, brief supporters, engage the media, organise public campaigning, and make sure the voices of terminally ill people and families are heard.

The truth is, we do not have the funds we need to keep going at the level this moment demands. All of this work takes money, and without it, this campaign cannot keep up the pressure in the way it needs to. Your donation will help keep the campaign going now and in the future. If this Bill is blocked, we want to be here to fight to bring it back.

Your donations will help power:

• the cost of our small paid staff team, who keep the campaign running day to day
• supporter emails, digital campaigning and rapid-response communications
• organising rallies and public actions at key political moments
• media work and campaign materials
• helping us platform the voices of terminally ill people and families
• the behind-the-scenes campaigning work needed to keep pressure on Parliament

Terminally ill adults like Clare deserve better than the current status quo.

Clare Turner, who lives in Devon, was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer in 2021. A single parent, she wants the choice of an assisted death if her suffering becomes too much, and she wants to protect her daughters from witnessing a long and painful death. Clare cannot afford to go to Switzerland, and to put it plainly, she should not have to leave her home, her family or her country to have the choice of a compassionate death. As she puts it: “I shouldn’t be preoccupied with the fear of how much I am going to suffer as I die or how awful the experience will be for my daughters to witness. To be swamped with fear as you die is just so cruel.”

MPs have already voted for this Bill. But unless pressure continues, it could still fall before it becomes law. That is why your support now is so important.

If you believe terminally ill adults deserve more choice at the end of life, please donate today. And if you cannot donate right now, sharing this page will still make a real difference.

Together, we can help make sure this chance for change is not lost.

Funding method

Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made