Yesterday was another step on the road to a change in the law on assisted dying.

My life. My death. My choice.

Assisted dying petition launched ✅
200,000 signatures ✅
Three-hour Westminster Hall debate ✅
#GiveUsOurLastRights 🗞️

“There is no doubt that the most powerful speakers with the most moving and persuasive arguments were the MPs who spoke about personal experience.” Dame Esther and her daughter Rebecca shared their verdict on the #AssistedDying debate in today’s paper. express.co.uk/news/politics/…

The assisted dying debate gave Dame Esther Rantzen and her daughter Rebecca hope that “compassionate common sense could prevail and a change in the law might come about” thanks to the 200,000 who backed a Daily Express Dignity in Dying petition.
express.co.uk/news/uk/189382…

It was an honour to open today's Petitions Committee debate on assisted dying. Whatever comes from today's debate, I'd like everyone to consider bringing up the subject of their death with their loved ones now, not before it's too late. There are two things, that are certain in this

'Children in #Gaza spend their days trying to stay alive, sheltering from bombardment or searching for food & water'

Read Soraya Ali's, Save the Children International's MENAEE Global Media Manager, heart wrenching account on the reality of this humanitarian catastrophe👇
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I was joined today by some fellow secondary sisters who were good friends with the incredibly brave Paola Marra. She died in Dignitas last month after travelling alone, in terrible pain, with stage 4 cancer which was no longer treatable. No one should face this end. For Paola ❤️

Front row of the Westminster Hall petition debate on assisted dying. 👀
⁦hanna geissler⁩ ⁦janie lazar⁩

Campaigners out in force at Dignity in Dying rally ahead of the Westminster Hall debate. #GiveUsOurLastRights

“The Government should see what I am seeing with my beloved sister, she is now a bag of bones… If I could have wheeled her into the House of Commons on a trolley, I would have.” Readers shared their own stories ahead of today’s assisted dying debate.
express.co.uk/news/uk/189337…

The Daily Express #GiveUsOurLastRights assisted dying petition, backed by Dame Esther Rantzen and Dignity in Dying, will be debated in Parliament today. Our brief appearance on BBC Breakfast this morning:

Onwards to Westminster!
#YesToDignity Dignity in Dying

We took the #GiveUsOurLastRights campaign to Downing Street yesterday, delivering our assisted dying petition signed by more than 200,000 people. Dame Esther Rantzen’s daughter Rebecca was joined by Matt, Gareth, Suzie and Sarah from Dignity in Dying 👏🏻

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Powerful piece in today’s Express by George Carey on why he supports assisted dying for religious reasons (with a PS from me). It’s not about shortening life, but about shortening death and minimising the suffering some endure. That’s very religious! express.co.uk/news/uk/189208…

'Cancer slashed my income by £1,300 a month - patients shouldn't be penalised' Moving piece by hanna geissler Health Editor of the Daily Express, who spoke to Mphango Simwaka. She was left on SSP after a shock cancer diagnosis at just 23 years old. express.co.uk/life-style/hea…

MPs have been given 200,000 reasons to “listen to the voice of the people”, Dame Esther says, after an Express petition became the most popular on the government’s website. Dignity in Dying
express.co.uk/news/uk/189034…

Daily Express: 200,000 demand Dame Esther ges her dying wish #TomorrowsPapersToday