Pray against assisted suicide this Lent

Assisted suicide can still be stopped from becoming law.

The bill committee continued to meet this week, rejecting more amendments that could have made the bill safer. It’s increasingly clear that the cheerleaders for assisted suicide are not taking seriously enough concerns that vulnerable people would be pressured into death.

MPs and others who previously supported the bill are taking note. It will only take a small number to change their minds or abstain to stop assisted suicide at the bill’s third reading.

But we need to pray.

This Lent, could you take one minute every day to pray that assisted suicide would not be legalised in this nation?

Starting on Wednesday 5 March and throughout Lent, we will share short daily prayer points on social media and through our emails so that you can pray for one minute, once every day, against assisted suicide.

We are also hosting prayer livestreams every Wednesday from 12:30-1pm on our YouTube channel, where together we will pray that the assisted suicide bill will be defeated.

Today’s prayer point:

Previous prayer points:

• (2/4/2025) Pray for MPs to see the bill is wrong because ‘safeguards’ won’t work and because it is wrong in principle.
• (1/4/2025) Pray that the public would understand that ‘assisted dying’ is actually assisted suicide.
• (31/3/2025) Pray that the media would honestly show the strength and depth of the opposition to this bill.
• (29/3/2025) Pray that many more members of the public would recognise the dark and dangerous nature of assisted suicide.
• (28/3/2025) Pray that new Labour MPs would understand that this bill is incompatible with caring for the vulnerable and tackling suicide.
• (27/3/2025) Pray that more Christians would take action, seeking to persuade MPs to oppose the bill.
• (26/3/2025) Pray for palliative care to be strengthened instead of death being offered to patients.
• (25/3/2025) Pray that the stories of courageous people with illnesses – who want to live and not die – would be shared widely by mainstream media.
• (24/3/2025) Pray that the MPs who voted against the bill last time would do the same again at third reading.
• (22/3/2025) Pray that our culture would portray vulnerable people as valuable, not a ‘burden’.
• (21/3/2025) Pray that the public would understand that ‘assisted dying’ means assisted suicide and sends the message that some people are ‘better off dead’.
• (20/3/2025) Pray that Kim Leadbeater and other prominent pro-assisted suicide MPs would undergo a change of heart.
• (19/3/2025) Pray that the wider public would be shown the widespread damaging consequences of assisted suicide.
• (18/3/2025) Pray that MPs would understand that this bill is unsafe and that the ‘safeguards’ won’t work.
• (17/3/2025) Pray that more church leaders would understand how critical this issue is and use their voices to oppose the bill.
• (15/3/2025) Pray that the voices of those who are against assisted suicide will reach people effectively through social media.
• (14/3/2025) Pray for MPs who previously voted for the assisted suicide bill to have their hearts and minds changed.
• (13/3/2025) Pray that churches throughout this nation would take action to pray that assisted suicide would not be legalised.
• (12/3/2025) Pray for Christian Concern and other campaign groups to speak persuasively to media and to MPs.
• (11/3/2025) Pray for pro-life campaigners to be strong and influential at this time, working well together to oppose the bill.
• (10/3/2025) Pray for MPs leading the way in opposing assisted suicide – that they would be encouraged and their voices would be heard.
• (8/3/2025) Pray that our voice and the voices of other campaign groups who are against assisted suicide would be well represented in the media.
• (7/3/2025) Give thanks for the Christian leaders who have already spoken clearly against assisted suicide.
• (6/3/2025) Pray that the dangerous reality of assisted suicide – as seen in other countries – would be understood by the public.
• (5/3/2025) Pray that all MPs would consider and understand the ramifications of legalising assisted suicide.