Dear friend,

Thanks to you, something remarkable has happened.

The fight to legalise assisted dying isn’t over. We’ve made real progress in the
Commons, but now the spotlight turns to the House of Lords, and the challenge is
just as great. I’m asking for your help again, so we can build on everything
we’ve achieved and keep moving forward.

The Bill now moves to the House of Lords, with its crucial Second Reading
scheduled for Friday 12 September. Anti-choice campaigners are already fighting
tooth and nail to block this law change and we simply cannot risk failure when
we are so close to real change.

That’s why I’m asking you to donate to Dignity in Dying’s crowdfunder today.
With your support, we can give this Bill the best possible chance of success in
the Lords.


I first became a part of this campaign in 2012. My reason for doing so is simple
and, sadly, will be common to many of you. I witnessed devastating and
unnecessary suffering when my older brother, David, died of bone cancer,
something no one should endure.


I’ve seen what safe, legal assisted dying can look like. I saw the comfort
gained from knowing the choice is available, and I saw the peace it can provide
for dying people. I want that for us.


Despite the Bill receiving 100 hours of detailed scrutiny by MPs, taking
evidence from 50 witnesses and considering 600 amendments, and despite the
cross-party House of Commons Health Committee finding no evidence in
jurisdictions where assisted dying is legal to support our opponents’ fears,
they continue to make the same baseless claims to justify disrupting the bill.
We can’t let this nonsense persist, and we cannot risk failing now.

If you possibly can, please make a gift today to help us stop anti-choice
activists from sabotaging the Bill, you can donate quickly and easily here:

I know it is uncomfortable to be baldly asked for money, but I know you will
agree that we need to see this law finally passed. Sadly, we need more funding
to ensure it will be. If not, we could fall short and this once-in-a-generation
opportunity could be lost.


Together we will change the law.

Prue Leith






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