Tag: Euthanasia
Liberal Catherine Cusack defects to support ‘voluntary assisted dying’
Cusack, who will resign from Parliament before the next election, gave an apology for her change of mind during debates on Wednesday
Last chance for NSW to be wise on euthanasia
On euthanasia and assisted suicide in NSW we have a chance to avoid a social, medical and moral disaster - and instead create something noble, compassionate and humane
As Britain says No to assisted suicide, NSW campaigners urge caution
A landmark decision in Britain's House of Lords has big ramifications for the campaign to legalise the killing of patients in NSW
British Parliament rejects amendment to allow assisted suicide
The British Parliament threw out an attempt to legalise assisted suicide in England and Wales.
Amendment 170 to the Health and Social Care Bill would...
Palliative Care at risk under euthanasia laws
Euthanasia and voluntary assisted dying (VAD) poses the risk of disruption and intrusion to the practice of palliative care, leaving palliative carers distressed, disempowered and under pressure, the immediate past president of the (ANZSPM) has said.
Hayden Ramsay: Loss of sense a good lesson
I’m recuperating from a nasty bout of covid. It had many unwelcome effects. Surprisingly, complete loss of smell has been if not the hardest, the saddest. I used to teach St Thomas Aquinas and enjoyed very much his profound reverence for our bodily lives. Reconciling this reverence with the even more ancient Christian commitment to […]
New UK study shows correlation between suicides, assisted dying
Violent suicides increase in countries where assisted suicide and euthanasia are legalised, a new study shows.
A 35-page study published in The Journal of Ethics in Mental...
NSW dying Bill danger
People against euthanasia and assisted suicide laws in New South Wales are being urged to sign and share a digital petition.
Stand against death Bill: MP
As attacks on the dignity of human life escalate in NSW, a State MP has launched an ePetition in the latest attempt to stop...
Healing hands reflect on the bigger picture
Like any other medical body, the Australian Catholic Medical Association talked about the issues of the day – such as Covid and euthanasia – at its annual gathering in Sydney on 11 December.
Sydney awards $100,000 grant
Research into the effect of euthanasia laws on palliative care in Australia has been supported with a $100,000 grant from the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney.
Monica Doumit: Danger in laws without teeth
Imagine if tomorrow, the NSW Police stopped bothering to enforce our road rules. The laws would remain on the books, but they would not...
