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Care Not Killing
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Care Not Killing is an alliance of over 30 organisations who are opposed to the legalisation of
Alliance Members
The members of the Alliance include:
- Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain & Ireland
- British Council of Disabled People
- Christian Medical Fellowship
- The Church of England
- RADAR (The Disability Network)
Aims
The Care Not Killing alliance lists the following three things as it aims:
- Promoting more and better palliative care
- Ensuring that existing laws against euthanasia and assisted suicide are not weakened or repealed during the lifetime of the current Parliament
- Influencing the balance of public opinion further against any weakening of the law
Petition
Care Not Killing launched a petition in opposition to a Bill put forward by Lord Joffe. This was signed by 102,363 people in four weeks and presented to 10 Downing Street on May 12, 2006.
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