113997
Votes

Wounded

Create a dedicated Military & Veterans Hospital within the UK.

96605
Votes

DutyReduction

Fuel duty reduction, now VAT has increased to 17.5%, please deduct the duty which was levied when vat was reduced to 15%.

94636
Votes

Help END the #1 genetic killer of young children!

Please take 30 seconds to sign PetitionToCureSMA.com to help END Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), the #1 genetic killer of young children!

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82031
Votes

SaveBFPO

reconsider the decision to remove British Forces Post Offices from mainland europe.

51435
Votes

Healthtelephone

prevent local health centres and hospitals from using 08 numbers such as 0844, 0845 or 0870.

51423
Votes

A UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF RESISTANCE TO MANDATORY VACCINATIONS

A UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF RESISTANCE TO MANDATORY VACCINATIONS

43596
Votes

Support for whistleblowing nurse struck off by NMC

We, the undersigned, wish to show our support for nurse Margaret Haywood who raised issues of concern around poor patient care.

43106
Votes

Cure Childhood Cancer - Raise Awareness & Funding

37573
Votes

Stand Up to Factory Farms

It's sad fact, but more than 10 billion animals are raised for food in the United States every year and many of them are treated inhumanely.

35671
Votes

End "Corrective" Rape of Lesbians in South Africa

A new ActionAid report describes the shocking rise of "corrective" rape in South Africa - in which South African lesbians are being raped in an effort to "cure" them of their sexual orientation. Support groups in Cape Town say they see 10 new cases of "corrective" rape every week. And it's even more widespread around the rest of the country.

35111
Votes

Tell Chevron to Clean Up Its Mess in the Amazon

Video credit to Amazon Watch

Chevron is responsible for one of the largest environmental disasters on the planet.

35102
Votes

Tell Chevron to Clean Up Its Mess in the Amazon

Chevron is responsible for one of the largest environmental disasters on the planet.

31795
Votes

Don't Let Women Lose Reproductive-Health Coverage

Banning abortion in the private health-insurance market has become the anti-choice movement's number one goal in health-care reform, and they are using lies and distortions to achieve it:

Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue, told Congressional staffers that "extremists would retaliate with violence" if Congress doesn't ban abortion in the new health-care system.

30085
Votes

Pledge to Higher Quality, Lower Cost Health Care

Americans spend more on health care than people do elsewhere, but somehow we spend more for less.

29405
Votes

Help End Child Abuse

Every day, nearly four children die in the U.S. as a result of child abuse and neglect and over 27,000 children are exposed to domestic violence.

Protecting kids requires us all to work together. Please read the signs of child abuse, below, and pledge to take action to keep kids' lives free from violence.

I pledge to:

28939
Votes

Stop Feeding Chicken Feces to Cows!

Did you know that cattle are routinely fed the waste from the floor of commercial chicken houses? That's feces, feathers, spilled feed, straw, dirt and anything else on the floor under the cramped birds.

28591
Votes

NGN-use-by-GPs

prevent the use of non-geograpic numbers by General Medical Practioners and out of hours doctor services.

28586
Votes

Break the Stereotypes: Legalize Medical Cannabis

Currently, the Controlled Substances Act does not recognize the difference between medicinal and recreational use of marijuana. But for some Americans, marijuana is just like any other prescription - a way to escape from chronic pain. And with federal law as it is, even patients who obtain marijuana legally in their state can face federal prosecution.

28065
Votes

Ratify the Treaty for the Rights of Women

Help ensure the rights of women around the world by urging the U.S. Senate to ratify the Treaty for the Rights of Women.

26861
Votes

Repeal Fire Safe Cigarette Laws

A Petition to Repeal Fire Safe Cigarette Law

Citizens Against Fire Safe Cigarettes (CAFSC)

Author: David Jaromnak

Date: 11/15/08

What is
“Petitions in Action”?

This is a place to vote and comment on health-related petitions.

1. Consider and comment on how this petition could improve the patient experience.

2. Do you think the idea is low-cost? Low-tech?