{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/108341.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":108341,"parliament":{"period":"2015-2017","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2017-05-03T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Give us a vote on letting terminally ill people ask to end their suffering.","background":"We want those suffering terminal illnesses to be allowed a dignified death, but MPs and political parties don't want to risk the backlash from those who disagree. We need a national referendum to decide whether to legalise assisted dying.","additional_details":"Assisted dying is legal is several countries but must always have rigorous safeguards. For example, any request should first be approved by a court.\r\n\r\nTo see what a British assisted dying law could look like if it were approved, see the \"Assisted Dying (No. 2) Bill 2015-16\" in the link below.\r\n\r\nhttp://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2015-2016/0007/16007.pdf\r\n\r\nThere was a national referendum on the Alternative Vote in May 2011. A referendum on assisted dying could take the same form.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":10,"created_at":"2015-09-12T10:03:09.202Z","updated_at":"2017-09-09T06:06:25.818Z","rejected_at":"2015-09-14T15:50:23.202Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2015-09-12T12:31:10.447Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"We cannot accept duplicate petitions. We think this petition is similar to yours:\r\n\r\nhttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/106652\r\n\r\nYou might like to sign this petition instead. It is more likely to get more signatures that way."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}