Dorothy Schwenke

Dorothy Schwenke is a pro-Voluntary Assisted Dying advocate who lives in Agnes Water, Queensland, Australia. 

She was the principal petitioner on a 2013 petition to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. It was sponsored by Stephen Bennett, MP and gained 181 signatures.

"The petition of residents of Queensland draws to the attention of the House that Queensland residents do not have the option of choosing assisted suicide or euthansia to end their lives.

Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to enact legislation that enables residents to choose, while of sound mind, the legal option of assisted suicide or euthanasia should they become unable to care for themselves and thereby lose their independence, dignity and quality of life."

(via Queensland Parliament)