Good afternoon friend,
It will not surprise you to hear me say that the fight for assisted dying is more than a matter of choice - it’s a matter of justice.
With the New Zealand referendum on the End of Life Choice Act coming up at the end of the month, we must demonstrate to MPs that legalising assisted dying has become a hallmark of a progressive, compassionate society.
The next meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Choice at the End of Life is on the 3rd November and it’s important that your MP knows about it. We’ll be joined by former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, who has supported the Vote Yes campaign ahead of the referendum, as well as David Seymour, the MP who spear-headed the passing of the proposed bill in the NZ Parliament.
We will also hear from Westminster’s former Secretary of State for Justice David Gauke and Emeritus Medical Director for Public Health England, Professor Paul Cosford, who has recently had an article published in the British Medical Journal on the subject since his diagnosis of incurable lung cancer in 2017.
By having this discussion with policymakers in New Zealand and the UK, along with dying people who need this choice, we can show our MPs that assisted dying is not just the right thing to do - it is the right thing to do now.
Our last parliamentary meeting saw a record-breaking level of attendance by MPs. You know, like I do, just how powerful the argument for change is. The more MPs we can invite, the faster change can be realised.
You can help create the tipping point we need in Parliament. Please show your MP this is an issue you care about - an issue on which they need to act now.
Thanks for all that you do for the campaign and thanks in advance for reaching out to your MP again.
All the best,
P.S. We will also be live streaming the All-Party meeting live on our YouTube channel so that you can see the impact on MPs as it happens. I'll send round details of this nearer the time!
