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November 8, 2025We simply need 6 MSP's to change their vote to being against the Assisted Suicide Bill. THE CLOCK IS TICKING! Contact your local MSP today.
This week the McArthur Bill Committee rejected a number of reasonable amendments. Among the amendments rejected by the committee were:• Restricting eligibility to those with six months or less to live;
• Include a requirement for a fully costed palliative care support plan for anyone seeking an assisted death;
• A requirement to ensure that the decision for an assisted death is made entirely on the initiative of the terminally ill adult without any encouragement, suggestion or influence from a medical practitioner, witness, or other person involves care of the person;
• Exclude from being eligible for an assisted death any person whose primary motivation for their request is at least one of the following listed non-terminal conditions:
- eating disorders, including but not limited to anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa,
- intellectual disabilities, including but not limited to Down’s syndrome,
- mood disorders, including but not limited to depression,
- anxiety disorders,
- the receipt of any disability or sickness-related benefits, including but not limited to Adult Disability Payment, or any equivalent welfare payment
- loneliness or social isolation,
- financial hardship or low income,
- feelings of being a burden to others,
- poor or unsuitable housing conditions,
- any other mental health condition or developmental disorder that is not a terminal illness.
Your action today can make the difference - contact your MSP through the Care not Killing portal :
https://carenotkilling.uk/email-your-msps/
