New South Wales: get the facts!
No case for legalising assisted suicide can be made on the basis that this is the only possible response to Australians facing unrelievable pain. Rather Australians need universal access to gold standard palliative care which can alleviate pain, including using palliative sedation as a last resort.
The actual proposal for legalising assisted suicide would cover subjective, existential suffering, including fear of being a burden on others.
It would pose a very real threat to the disabled, the elderly, those with mental health issues and those Australians, including young people, struggling with suicidal ideation.
Like capital punishment, legalising assisted suicide is not safe and cannot be made safe for all Australians. Legalising assisted suicide is unnecessary, unsafe and bad public policy.
Please feel free to download these FACT SHEETS, share them with your friends as well as, most importantly, your local Members of Parliament.
Get the facts!
HOPE has prepared a series of FACT SHEETS looking at assisted suicide from a number of important perspectives.
- Assisted suicide: death expected in not longer than 12 months (Fact SHEET)
- Assisted suicide: a disability perspective (Fact SHEET)
- Assisted suicide and mental health (Fact SHEET)
- Assisted suicide: Good or bad public policy? What are the facts? (Fact SHEET)
- Assisted suicide & "severe pain and suffering": What are the facts? (Fact SHEET)
- Assisted suicide and suicide prevention: An inherent conflict in public policy? (Fact SHEET)
- Assisted suicide and the death penalty: Shared public policy concerns (Fact SHEET)
- Assisted suicide - the Oregon model (Fact SHEET)
- Assisted suicide, coercion and elder abuse: What are the facts? (Fact SHEET)
To raise your voice with your NSW Members of Parliament, click HERE for more details.