Sarah Wootton

Chief Executive, Dignity in Dying

Lord Falconer’s Assisted Dying Bill will allow terminally ill, mentally competent adults to request life-ending medication from a doctor, subject to meeting strict upfront safeguards, as assessed by two doctors.

Lord Falconer as Lord Chancellor (2003-7)

Lord Falconer introducing his Assisted Dying Bill (May 2013)

Lord Moynihan, co-founder of the “Voluntary Euthanasia Legalisation Society”

Debbie Purdy with her husband Omar, outside the Houses of Parliament in 2009

Lord Joffe, sponsor of the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill (2006)

Dignity in Dying’s “obituaries” campaign showed Parliament that real people were affected by our cruel law.

Clockwise from above:

Rabbi Jonathan RomainInter-Faith Leaders for Dignity in Dying

Professor Ray TallisHealthcare Professionals for Assisted Dying

Greg JudgeDisabled Activists for Dignity in Dying

Former Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey (below left), and former Archbishop of Johannesburg, Desmond Tutu (below right), both came out in support of assisted dying in July, creating national headlines.

Jean-Luc Romero, President of the Association for the Right to Die with Dignity (ADMD) France speaking at the Dignity in Dying Annual General Meeting 2013

Merci beaucoup!