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Opponents of assisted dying law reform often invoke fictional slippery slopes as objections to law reform. In this video, Neil Francis gives three examples of supposed slippery slopes argued by opponents, explains why they are fiction, and shares the perspectives of several recognised experts from the USA state of Oregon…
While good palliative care can help many dying patients and their families, the clear worldwide evidence is that even the best palliative care possible simply can’t help alleviate intolerable suffering for some. In these cases, the overwhelming majority of the public want law reform to allow the patient to request…
There was nothing particularly special about the date, said Aina Ranke. It was just that Thursday, September 19, was the day the 57-year-old accountant and political activist chose to leave this life. But Ms Ranke’s exit went horribly wrong, leaving friends, her carer and doctors with a string of confronting…
ABC’s Four Corners on 16 September 2013 was about a young man who has decided to end his life after 36 years of suffering a debilitating illness. But because euthanasia is illegal in Australia, he has to apply to another country to do it. Read the story and watch the…
The anger ordinary people feel about the modern way of dying came as a surprise to the researchers. No-one at the Council On The Ageing had quite expected it. When COTA surveyed 1600 people in NSW aged 50-plus recently on a range of health issues, one concern stood out: a…
Labor MLA Mary Porter has returned from a three-week visit to three European countries where voluntary euthanasia or assisted suicide are legal to start a ”community conversation” about end-of-life options in the ACT
