Rejected petition Legislate to allow right to die with dignity by seeking help from a doctor

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Following the recent high court case of Tony Nicklinson, we request that the UK Government change the law to allow sufferers of terminal illnesses and locked-in syndromes the right to die with dignity by seeking help from a doctor.

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Date submitted 23 August 2012
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