Personal stories

These are just a few of the real stories that demonstrate why the law must change

Bob Cole

Bob Cole was one of our most active campaigners who, in August 2015, travelled to Dignitas after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.
Alison Trotter

Alison Trotter died of head and neck cancer in a hospice in June 2021.
Heather Pratten

Heather helped her son, Nigel, who had the hereditary degenerative neurological disorder, Huntington’s disease.
Maddie Cowey

Maddie was diagnosed with alveolar soft part sarcoma when she was 18 years old.
Barbara Shooter

He went with a smile: assisted dying saved my husband from torment.
Anil Douglas

Dad could have had a longer life, and a kinder, safer death.
James Johnson

I waved mum off to die alone abroad. I had no other choice.
Rob Smyth

Rob ended his life peacefully and painlessly without fear, surrounded by love.
Sophie Blake

For Sophie, an assisted dying law would mean peace of mind at the end of life.
John Close

Knowing that John would be in control of his death was a tremendous source of comfort for me as well as for John.