The MP behind a move to legalise assisted dying has urged politicians to focus on the families affected by "harrowing deaths" of some terminally ill people when they decide whether to back it or not.
MPs will get their first chance to debate and vote on Kim Leadbeater's Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in principle on Friday. Leadbeater said she expected the vote to be "very close".
Three former Tory prime ministers - Liz Truss, Boris Johnson and Theresa May - have now added their voices to ex-Labour PM Gordon Brown in opposition to the plans.
Six MPs have also put forward a so-called "wrecking amendment" aimed at preventing the Bill being debated, although it is unlikely to progress.