When a person commits suicide after being bullied, the media laments how someone’s vulnerability was exploited by others, who pushed the victim to end their life prematurely. So why is the media promoting suicide for other groups?  Continue reading

Couching their agenda in euphemisms such as ‘dignity’ and ‘compassion’, the ‘Right to Die’ movement aggressively pushes both physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. They maintain the stance that assisted suicide is a fundamental right, while refusing to legalise it is an inhibition of free will.  Continue reading

One could easily be forgiven for thinking that the whole world is experiencing a massive culture shift towards legislating for assisted suicide; that the zeitgeist has captured this issue like it has with climate change, for example. Continue reading

Is euthanasia really the answer to suffering or terminal illness? Or is it merely a slippery slope to killing vulnerable individuals? Continue reading

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

When it comes to assisted suicide and euthanasia legislation, there is clear disagreement amongst doctors.  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

Local and National Disability Advocates spoke out recently against the Andrews Government’s proposed assisted suicide and euthanasia bill at a Parliamentary Briefing. Continue reading