How is this good medical care?
“Rather than unmanageable pain, the impetus for those accessing the law – the vast majority late-stage cancer patients – is usually what doctors term “existential suffering”. As people lose function, independence and joy, they yearn, above all, to regain a sense of control.”
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SA Government gets A+ in cognitive dissonance
The South Australian Government, through its Office for Ageing Well, has launched a campaign to stop elder abuse in the community.
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Telehealth laws should not be repealed
There is a renewed push in Victoria to allow doctors to be able to use telehealth to assess and approve requests for euthanasia and assisted suicide. The private members’ bill has been introduced by the Justice Party.
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SA Parliament urged to consider ‘compassionate’ choices
The peak body for Catholic health and aged care providers has called on the South Australian Government to properly investigate the cost of a world-class palliative care system in the state before proceeding with pushing assisted suicide and euthanasia laws through that state.
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Voice of First Nations Peoples Against Euthanasia
HOPE is proud to partner with Munganbana Norman Miller, Convenor, Voice of First Nations Peoples Against Euthanasia. It is no longer acceptable for state governments to ignore the voices of Indigenous Australians when it comes to euthanasia and assisted suicide legislation. Read the statement below:
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South Australian euthanasia bill passes Upper House
Labor MP Clare Scriven is one of seven Upper House MLCs in the South Australian Parliament who voted against Kyam Maher MLC’s euthanasia and assisted suicide bill. Ms Scriven articulated the issue well when she said:
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Euthanasia advocates once again reveal their hand
David Sandford is 84 years old, and describes himself as being “in pretty good health.”
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Overwhelmed and exhausted: Qld hospitals in crisis
In an honest interview about the crisis currently facing the state’s hospitals, Queensland Health Minister Yvette D’Ath has described the strain on medical staff and hospital resources, and foreshadowing the worst is yet to come.
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Murder acquittal raises serious questions
New South Wales woman Barbara Eckersley has been found not guilty of murder, and guilty only of the lesser charge of manslaughter, after putting lethal drugs in the soup given to her mother.
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Calls for expansion already underway in WA
Before the West Australian euthanasia and assisted suicide regime has even been implemented, activists are already trying to see its reach expanded.
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