This petition was submitted during the 2015–2017 Conservative government
Petition Make Euthanasia a legal option in Terminal cases
My father who had Alzheimers and Myeloma recently suffered a bleed on the brain which was described as a terminal event by his doctors, he lived for 8 further days essentially unconscious with no way to express pain apart from facial expressions and groans until he got too weak for even that.
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I'm petitioning for a change in the law to allow Euthenasia to become a legal option in the case of terminal patients where 2 doctors agree that recovery is unlikely. The final decision to be made by the nearest next of kin. Also for patients to be able to set there own guidelines at an earlier date that they would like euthenasia to be administered under parameters set by themselves in the onset of certain illnesses.
How can it be right that we let our loved ones suffer but not our pets?
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House of Commons debates assisted dying bill
You recently signed a petition on the UK Government and Parliament Petitions website to: Make Euthanasia a legal option in Terminal cases: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/105699
At 9.30am today (Friday 11 September), the House of Commons will debate the assisted dying bill. It's the second reading, so the debate will be on the general principals of the bill.
The summary of the bill is: "A Bill to enable competent adults who are terminally ill to choose to be provided with medically supervised assistance to end their own life; and for connected purposes."
The bill is not a government bill, but a private member’s (a backbencher’s) bill, introduced by Rob Marris MP.
After the debate, MPs will vote to decide if it will go through to the next stage in Parliament.
You can find out more and follow the progress of the bill, including the full text of the bill on this page:
http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/assisteddyingno2.html
You can watch the debate on Parliament TV: http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Commons
You can find out how to attend the debate: http://www.parliament.uk/visiting/visiting-and-tours/watch-committees-and-debates/debates/
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