Give us a vote on letting terminally ill people ask to end their suffering.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

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.

Assisted dying is legal is several countries but must always have rigorous safeguards. For example, any request should first be approved by a court.

To 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.

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2015-2016/0007/16007.pdf

There was a national referendum on the Alternative Vote in May 2011. A referendum on assisted dying could take the same form.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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Hold a referendum about assisted suicide.

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Timeline

12 Sep 2015	Petition opened for signatures
14 Sep 2015	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 14 Sep 2015

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