Tag: Assisted dying
Voluntary assisted dying is one step closer in NSW. Now the negotiation starts
Voluntary assisted dying is one step closer in NSW Image: Shutterstock
New South Wales is moving closer to legalising voluntary assisted dying. But there are...
Victoria’s voluntary assisted dying scheme is challenging and complicated. Some people die while they wait
Picture: Shuttlestock
Voluntary assisted dying laws, which allow terminally ill people who meet strict eligibility criteria to end their life, have been operating in...
Four reasons Victorian MPs say ‘no’ to assisted dying, and why they’re misleading
Victoria’s Parliamentary Secretary for Treasury
and Finance Mr Daniel Mulino voted against the state’s assisted dying bill.
JOE CASTRO/AAP Imagine
Victoria’s upper house has resumed...
The fear that dare not speak its name: how language plays a role in the assisted dying debate
Language is powerful, and
in the euthanasia debate it's use is particularly powerful.
Arguments in the “euthanasia debate” (as it is colloquially referred to...
Sex versus death: why marriage equality provokes more heated debate than assisted dying
While fear suppresses talk about dying,
marriage equality involves sex. AAP/Danny Casey
The Greek philosopher Epicurus wrote:
Death does not concern us, because as long as...
As Victorian MPs debate assisted dying, it is vital they examine the evidence, not just the rhetoric
Victorian MPs are about to debate an
assisted dying bill. How can they sift through competing claims?
Assisted dying in Australia is no longer...