Tag: voluntary assisted dying
Conscientious objections downplayed in ACT dying report
A parliamentary inquiry into the ACT's proposed voluntary assisted dying laws has been criticised for a “serious omission” in making no recommendations for conscientious objection provisions in its majority report.
Sign the petition: Outcry over palliative care funding cuts
Liberal MLC Susan Carter is urging people to petition for the restoration of palliative care funding to the levels promised by the former Coalition government
More than 100 killed in South Australia euthanasia scheme’s first year
Numbers expected to increase in South Australia, as ACT prepares to introduce nation's most extreme voluntary assisted dying scheme
ACT considers bizarre notion of human rights
By year’s end each state and territory, with exception of the Northern Territory, will have enacted legislation to enable euthanasia.
Updated: Court ruling on telehealth euthanasia ‘win for commonsense’ says Bishops’...
A Federal Court judge has ruled that euthanasia by telehealth is illegal, a decision welcomed by Bishop Timothy Harris of Townsville
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP: Voluntary Assisted Dying divides us into two...
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP: As euthanasia comes into effect in NSW, I call on lawmakers to give us legal space to provide compassionate care
Brigid Meney: Euthanasia vs the Good Samaritan
Voluntary Assisted Dying Laws commence operation on 28 November, making interventions designed to end a life, legal in New South Wales.
Conference brings Catholic medics together in support of good ethics
A national Catholic medical association conference has been a shot in the arm for doctors facing the introduction of VAD in New South Wales.
Canada now in euthanasia freefall
Horrifying new statistics from Canada’s euthanasia regime have prompted further warnings from pro-life groups, with NSW’s own voluntary assisted dying (VAD) own scheme less than a month from commencement.
New research shows one in four Canadians want euthanasia for the...
Twenty per cent of all Canadians think euthanasia should always be allowed, regardless of who requests it, with over a quarter consenting to the expansion of the Canadian scheme to homeless people and those living in poverty.
Victoria’s rising euthanasia rate shows governments won’t bear the cost of...
Is it a coincidence that palliative care funding shortfalls have been accompanied by a rapidly-rising euthanasia death rate
Monica Doumit: Don’t get sick in the bush!
A recent report showed that health services and outcomes in regional NSW are far worse than in the cities. For some MPs, euthanasia is the solution
