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Assisted Dying Bill (Scotland)

The Assisted Dying Bill is a proposed law that will give terminally ill adults in Scotland the option to control the manner and timing of their death.

Why we need change

650 dying people end their own lives every year

The lack of legal access to assisted dying puts terminally ill people in danger of a painful, unsafe, lonely death.

100s of Britons travel to Dignitas for help to die

Travelling abroad for an assisted death is a drastic, expensive measure that would not be needed if assisted dying were legal in the British Isles.

591 Scots a year suffer as they die

The lack of legal access to assisted dying means that people are forced to endure extreme suffering, and are denied the option of a good death.

78% of Scots want the law to change on assisted dying

Heather Black was a ‘born fighter’, who spent her life campaigning for the rights of others. But her own death was stripped of dignity.

Almost 300 million people around the world have legal access to assisted dying

Changing the law

The Assisted Dying Bill is trying to change the law

The Assisted Dying Bill is a proposed law that will give terminally ill, mentally competent adults the option to control the manner and timing of their death.

Compassion should not be a crime

There is no specific crime of assisting a suicide in Scotland. But it is possible that helping a person to die could lead to prosecution for murder, culpable homicide or reckless endangerment.

Find a local group in your area

Join the local campaign movement and help persuade politicians that the law must change.

A gift in your Will can make history

Greater choice at the end of life could be your legacy and benefit generations to come.