NSW is a step closer to allowing voluntary assisted dying, with state parliament due to hold a final vote on new laws next week. NSW is the only state in Australia that does not allow assisted dying for terminally ill people. The state’s upper house passed legislation at the second reading stage in a 20…
Biden Administration’s Plan to Destroy Medical Conscience is Un-American
Commentary Freedom of religion is fundamental to the American concept of ordered liberty. But President Joe Biden doesn’t seem to care. If news reports are right, his administration intends to force doctors and nurses to participate in abortions—even when it violates their religious beliefs. It plans to force Catholic hospitals to violate Church teachings by…
Barbara Kay: Weasel Words and the Slippery Slope of Assisted Death
Commentary Misleading language is a friend to tyrants, for whom it works as a placebo against public unrest. In Russia, the charged words “war against Ukraine” are forbidden. Russians must use the more soothingly anodyne “special military operation.” Ideologues are also masters of the weasel-word craft. In the domain of euthanasia, a concept tainted with…
Physician Conscience Bill Needed and Timely, Say Ethicists
Two academic ethicists say the pandemic has heightened the importance of the latest parliamentary attempt to give conscience rights to Canadian doctors. Conservative MP Kelly Block introduced Bill C-230, the Protection of Freedom of Conscience Act, as a private member’s bill in the House of Commons on Feb. 4. The bill would add a clause…
Hearing in the Last Australian State Without Euthanasia Laws Begins
December 7, 2021
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A voluntary assisted dying (VAD) bill in Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) will go through parliamentary inquiries. The NSW Legislative Council has begun the first out of three hearings from Wednesday, after a four-day long debate saw the proposed legislation, NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021, passed the lower house 52-32 on Nov….
Voluntary Dying Law Clears New South Wales Lower House
A majority of New South Wales (NSW) lower house MPs have voted to give terminally ill people the right to choose to end their lives, but must now plough through more than 160 suggested changes to the proposed law. The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill passed by 53 votes to 36 in a second reading vote…
‘Death Is Becoming an Industry,’ Says Euthanasia Opponent as Medically Assisted Deaths in Canada Rise
Recently released statistics and anecdotal accounts have caused anti-euthanasia activists increased concern, as they believe medically assisted death is not only permitted, but encouraged. Medically assisted deaths in Quebec rose to 2,426 in the year ending March 31, an increase of 37 percent over the year before, and represented 3.3 percent of all deaths. The…
Euthanasia Looks to Conquer Final Frontier in Australia
Commentary Supporters of voluntary assisted dying (VAD) are keen to push New South Wales (NSW) across the final frontier of euthanasia legalisation as quickly as possible. Currently, NSW is the only jurisdiction in Australia that has not yet passed a law granting the so-called “right to die,” but hopes that the VAD bill promoted by…
MP Kicks-Off Debate to Bring Euthanasia to Last Remaining Australian State
Independent member of Parliament Alex Greenwich has introduced a bill that will kick-off debate around legalising euthanasia in Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales (NSW). Currently, NSW is the only state in the country—barring the territories—that has not legalised the practice. Greenwich, who represents the state-level electorate of Sydney—a progressive-leaning district—introduced the Voluntary Assisted…
The Euthanasia Slippery Slope: A Demand Driven Business
October 3, 2021
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Commentary In May 2003, the “International Trade and Business Law Annual,” of which I was founding Editor-in-Chief, published an article on Belgium’s new euthanasia laws, which were passed on May 28, 2002. Written by Prof. Walter De Bondt of the University of Ghent, it provided an overview of one of the earliest iterations of voluntary assisted dying…
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