Tag: Euthanasia

A colleague told me the other day about a funeral she’d attended. The deceased was an older man, a high achiever, well educated, retired, with a family he loved. He had a bit of dementia and a few other health issues, and he was absolutely hating the feeling of losing his strength. So he committed […]

Excluding religious perspectives from the discussion over euthanasia is “rejecting the views of one of the chief providers of end-of-life care”, Archbishop Anthony Fisher...

Parliament passes euthanasia bill, now fate of end-of-life care rests with Upper House MPs.

Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) laws threaten to turn Australia into a two-class society, Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has warned.

Attempts to limit euthanasia by legalising and then regulating it always fail This article was first published in The Sydney Morning Herald on 14 October...

“Surely, with all the safeguards in the Euthanasia Bill, we can be confident nothing untoward will happen. Australia’s not that sort of place.” It’s been...

Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) laws threaten to turn Australia into a two-class society, Archbishop Anthony Fisher told a rally against proposed euthanasia laws currently...

Before you say “He would say that, he’s a bishop,” please hear me out. When it comes to calls for euthanasia, I get it,...

Let's work together on a just and compassionate society for the terminally ill, says Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP.

Healthcare for serious illness in regional NSW is underfunded in negligent fashion Imagine having stage four t-cell lymphoma, a rare form of blood cancer, and...

For decades, the specialised branch of medicine known as Palliative Care has made it scientifically and medically clear that euthanasia, as a measure to...

Arguments based on dodgy figures are dangerous Euthanasia advocate Alex Greenwich MP has been highlighting the claims of his partner organisation Dying with Dignity that...