Why is another assisted suicide bill going through the UK parliament?

Euthanasia proponents are having another go at assisted suicide legislation in the UK parliament after the last attempt died in the House of Lords earlier this year.

In June, Labour MP Lauren Edwards reintroduced an assisted suicide bill to the UK parliament, which will have its second reading on Sept. 11.

The bill has nearly the exact same wording as Kim Leadbeater’s bill, which recently fell after narrowly passing the House of Commons before running out of time in the House of Lords.

In the second reading of Leadbeater’s original bill in November 2024, the measure passed the Commons by 55. In the third reading, however, that majority fell to 23. As the bill made its way through the Lords, there was fierce debate and over 1200 amendments were tabled.

Archbishop John Sherrington, the point man for life issues for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, recently said “it is wholly unsatisfactory that this divisive and flawed bill is being put to parliament again as a Private Members’ Bill without the key issues being addressed.”

“The reduced majority at third reading in the Commons and the debate in the Lords showed how flawed the bill is,” Sherrington