Out of profound respect for Lecretia Seales, who sadly passed away this morning, and in light of the decision of His Honour Justice Collins to deny Lecretia's request that no legal action be brought against her doctors if they assisted her to end her life, should she so choose:

I/We petition you, our elected representatives in Parliament, for an amendment to s179(b) Crimes Act 1961 to decriminalise physician assisted suicide in appropriate cases.

When someone like Lecretia is dying from a terminal illness, we often hear people say "well I wouldn't treat my pet / farm animal this way and I wouldn't want them to suffer unnecessarily." Lecretia had the bravery and the strength to stand up and say, with utmost dignity " I don't wish to be treated like this either".

It is time we changed the law to allow those who are dying to choose how they end their lives. Let people die with dignity. It's a basic human right.