Paying the price for their autonomy
This article by Tom Mortier is cross-posted from MercatorNet:
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Academic Paper critical of Tasmanian euthanasia push released today
In February this year, the Tasmanian Premier, Lara Giddings and Nick McKim MP released a discussion paper on euthanasia seeking submissions and input from the community on a draft proposal for legislation they referred to as . Their intention to work towards this legislative change had been originally announced in mid-2010.'Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD)'
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Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2013: The bill that dares not speak its true name
This is a summary opinion on some of the provisions of the Tasmanian Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2013. It is not an exhaustive commentary but merely an indication of some of the principle concerns:
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Australian Celebrity Endorses Tasmanian Bill
Euthanasia and the Giddings/McKim bill get a celebrity endorsement from TV personality, Tracey Spicer in the . Tracey Spicer's story about the death of her mother is well known. Her mother passed away in clearly difficult circumstances in 1999. In June 2008, Spicer wrote about her experiences in the .
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Letters to the Editor: Tasmania
The today () ran a feature on their letters page under the title:
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Legalize Murder for Organs?
We've already noted claims that Belgium is becoming the 'world leader' in organ harvesting after euthanasia.
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Saying NO to a fatal attraction
For the sake of our readers from outside Australia, Tasmania is an island state off the south coast of the Australian mainland with the next stop-south being Antarctica. 'Mainlanders' as people like me are often called by our Tasmanian cousins, engage in the kind of parochialism that, I guess, is pretty common anywhere. Tasmanian's respond in kind. I well recall on one of my visits to the Apple Isle that a colleague, in a sign of appreciation for my work said that I was, "Proof that Tasmanians can swim!"
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Belgian euthanasia death for mental suffering - could happen under Tasmanian law
The UK Telegraph is reporting the death of a person in Belgium on the grounds of "unbearable psychological suffering".
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When living is a failure
An Op-Ed piece appeared today in the under the curious title "Don't let fear rule in euthanasia". Written by Tasmanian Lawyer and activist, Greg Barns, his basic argument was that those opposing the legislation in Tasmania were working a fear campaign which Barns suggests, should be ignored.Hobart Mercury
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Tassie Premier admits to possibility of 'death tourism'
In the Hobart Mercury today, Tasmanian Premier, Lara Giddings admits that death tourism is a possibility if her euthanasia & assisted suicide bill become law.
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