Who are we going to trust? In the modern era, the role of the doctor has moved away from a paternalistic one and more towards an informed consent model where the patient gets to discuss their preferences for treatment rather than simply being told what the doctor has decided to do. Continue reading

Jeanette Hall is a resident of Oregon. In 1997 she voted for their assisted suicide law. Continue reading

The findings from two separate polls on ‘assisted dying’ were released last weekend by Victoria’s two main newspapers. Continue reading

We have nothing positive to gain by legalising euthanasia and assisted suicide, but we have so much to lose.  Continue reading

In 2015, the UN Human Rights Committee began a process looking to arrive at what is known as a ‘General Comment’ on Article 6 of the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Continue reading

Until euthanasia and assisted suicide were added to our lexicon, intentionally killing another human was condemned. Now it is deemed “considerate,” in warped, biased media portrayals. Continue reading

It doesn’t stop with “the terminally ill”. Assisted suicide and euthanasia become legal excuses for murder. Sound drastic? That’s exactly what happened in Canada.  Continue reading

Liz Carr is a UK actor, comedian and disability rights activist perhaps best known as forensic examiner Clarissa Mullery in the BBC’s Silent Witness. She is pro-choice, an atheist and a vocal opponent of the legalisation of assisted suicide. She explains her views in her show Assisted Suicide: The Musical which she brought to this year’s Melbourne Comedy Festival. She has visited all the countries where Assisted Suicide and euthanasia are legal for a BBC World Service documentary ‘When Assisted Death is Legal’ and is part of the international network of disabled people who oppose such laws, Not Dead Yet. Continue reading

Guest post by Richard Egan: One significant argument being made for supporting the Andrews Labor Government plan to legalise assisted suicide is being based on evidence given by Coroner John Olle to the End of Life Choices inquiry, stating that there is a cohort of about 50 people per year who have experienced an irreversible deterioration in physical health due to disease or injury and who commit suicide by variety of means, some of them violent. Continue reading

The Open Letter from Christian Leaders to Premier Daniel Andrews this week drew criticism from ‘the usual suspects’. Published in the Herald Sun newspaper, its rival, The Age used the opportunity to denigrate and attempt to dismiss the concerns that the letter raised. Continue reading