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NT euthanasia laws to prevent doctors initiating discussion
The Northern Territory is set to introduce voluntary assisted dying legislation by the middle of the year, which would impose a timeline on eligibility and gag doctors from raising it as an option with their patients. Source: NT News.
Scottish Parliament votes against Assisted Dying Bill
The Catholic Bishops of Scotland told Members of the Scottish Parliament they had “taken the correct and responsible course of action” after they voted against legalising assisted suicide by a majority of 69 votes to 57. Source: The Tablet.
Scottish bishops voice concern over euthanasia bill
The bishops of Scotland have expressed concerns over the government’s response to amendments that would protect faith-based organisations’ and hospices’ objections to assisted suicide. Source: OSV News.
Assisted dying bill unlikely to pass UK House of Lords
The assisted dying bill is expected to run out of time to pass the House of Lords before the May deadline, when all legislation that has not passed will automatically fail. Source: The Tablet.
ACT’s assisted dying scheme sees 14 people die in three months
Fourteen people have died by voluntary assisted dying in the first three months of the ACT scheme. Source: Canberra Times.
NSW statutory review of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act begins
The New South Wales statutory review of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022 is underway and submissions are being invited from the public ahead of the February 27 deadline. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Church leaders shocked by spike in ‘state sanctioned suicide’
Church leaders are questioning the trajectory of Australian society after a shock spike in euthanasia deaths enabled under voluntary assisted dying legislation across the nation. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Assisted dying deaths spike across Australia as thousands use new laws
More than 7200 people have died using voluntary assisted dying since it became legal in Australia in 2019, including 3329 last financial year alone. Source: The Australian.
Call for more palliative care as VAD rate rises sharply
More than 250 South Australians chose to end their life through euthanasia last financial year – a 150 per cent increase since it was legalised three years ago. Source: The Advertiser.