Rejected petition Legalise Assisted Suicide

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I hereby petition Her Majesty's Government to legalise the practice of Assisted Suicide in the United Kingdom in situations in which:

1) the patient is physically and mentally capable of making the decision to end his/her own life, and has expressed a wish to do so; and

2) the patient has a terminal, chronic or disabling physical or mental illness which can be shown to cause him/her suffering should his/her life be forced to continue.

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Date submitted 8 August 2011
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