Campaigners against assisted suicide held a visual demonstration outside the Senedd.

The protest, organised by Distant Voices, Christian Concern, the Christian Medical Fellowship, and SPUC, is aimed at raising awareness about the potential consequences of legalising assisted suicide.

The demonstration comes ahead of a debate in the Senedd on a motion to ask Westminster to introduce an assisted dying law in England and Wales.

The campaigners will use gravestone signs to share stories of individuals who have died in countries where assisted suicide and euthanasia are legal.

These include Alan, 61, euthanised in Canada with hearing loss as his only listed condition, and Zoraya, 29, euthanised on grounds of mental suffering in the Netherlands.

The campaigners argue that legalising assisted suicide could lead to the removal of all meaningful safeguards.

They point to Canada, where the number of those dying by 'medical assistance in dying' (MAiD) has risen twelvefold since its introduction in 2016.

Nikki and Merv Kenward, part of the campaign group Distant Voices, are among those behind the display.

Nikki, who contracted the Guillain-Barré Syndrome virus, said: "If you'd asked me then, I would have said I'd rather not live.

"Just one of my eyes would open and I think if my family had been asked by the hospital they'd have opted to end my life."

Dr Mark Pickering, CEO of the Christian Medical Fellowship, said: "Choice, compassion and dignity are deceptive and slippery campaign slogans.

"The palliative care movement brings compassion and dignity to all at the end of life."

Alithea Williams of SPUC said: "Legalising assisted suicide poses a grave threat to vulnerable people around the UK.

"Any such legislation will likely only be the start, as we have seen in Canada."

Andrea Williams, chief executive of Christian Concern, said: "The statistics we will be displaying outside Senedd show that the slippery slope is real.

"Once a country legalises assisted suicide, the ‘safeguards’ inevitably get widened and vulnerable feel pressure to end their lives."