Rejected petition Petition to legalise euthanasia in the UK and to change the laws on passive eauthanasia also.

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The petition to legalise voluntary euathanasia in the UK and to offer a dignified and pleasant death to those who are suffering from a terminal illness, in a great deal of pain or who are severely handicapped, also to change the laws on passive eauthanasia to give parents / family or friends a priority over doctors as to when they should be left to die. Doctors shouldn't be able to decide that and it should be down to the individual or the individuals family.

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Date submitted 13 December 2011
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