Submitted on Friday 27th September 2019
Rejected on Monday 7th October 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Allow British citizens the right to choose doctor-assisted suicide/euthanasia
British citizens should legally be able to choose to die with dignity with a medical professional administering the drugs that they need to die. There should be safeguards put into the law, to ensure people are not coerced into requesting this, but are competent to make the decision.
In the UK under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 there is a whole section on ‘unnecessary suffering’.
I watched my brother-in-law suffer, both physically and mentally for around 6 weeks after he was ready to die. I passionately believe that this is something where people should have the choice.
Other countries allow assisted dying (see https://www.mydeath-mydecision.org.uk)
My blog – with more detail about why I am so passionate (including photos of my brother-in-law):
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
We're very sorry to hear about what happened to your brother in law. Please accept our condolences.
I’m afraid we can’t accept your petition because we’ve already got one calling for the same thing:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/275784
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