Send a postcard to your MP about why we oppose assisted suicide

 

As the second reading of the proposed assisted suicide bill approaches, we are doing all we can to oppose it. We have written before about a series of things you can do to help (there's an Easy Read version here), and we've now got an extra way we can all take action to help to let our MPs know that disabled people have really strong disability-rights reasons to oppose the legalisation of assisted dying. 

You can send your MP a postcard. 

Here's what to do:

1. Order your free postcards here
2. When they arrive, send one to your MP
3. Give the others to your friends, family, colleagues, fellow campaigners, and anybody who cares
4. Ask them to send the postcard to their MP too
5. Tell all your friends!

The text of the postcard says: 

Please attend Parliament on 29th November to vote against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

Not Dead Yet UK is a network of Disabled and terminally ill people who believe that, if the Bill is passed, some people's lives will be ended prematurely, due to mistakes and abuse. Vulnerable lives will be at risk. No "safeguards" can guarantee protection from coercion.

Evidence from the small number of places around the world that have legalised assisted suicide is deeply concerning. For example, in Oregon - a model often cited by UK assisted suicide campaigners - the latest official data' shows that 47% of people who had an assisted suicide said they were doing so because they were concerned that they were a "burden on family, friends/caregivers".

Hospice UK has identified that over 100,000 people are dying every year without access to the palliative care they need and the Government has said our NHS is "going through the biggest crisis in its history". Against this backdrop, now is not the time to legalise assisted suicide.

Not one organisation of disabled people has called for this Bill nor supports it. Please vote NO on 29th November.

Every action we can each take to prevent this bill from coming into law will help to protect disabled and ill people in the future. It is vital we each do what we can to make sure our MPs know that there is valid, secular opposition to assisted suicide that is based on human rights and principles of equity and inclusion.