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Euthanasia is a ‘failure of love’ in a throwaway culture
Euthanasia “is a failure of love, a reflection of the throwaway culture”, despite being falsely presented as “a form of compassion”, Pope Francis said. Source: Vatican News.
ACT to empower lawyers to make euthanasia decision
Terminally ill people who lose their mental capacity would be able to access euthanasia under a nation-first proposal being weighed by the ACT Government that could pave the way for dementia patients to end their own lives. Source: The Australian.
ACT lawmakers flag further euthanasia changes
People who lose decision-making capacity after being approved for voluntary assisted dying may still be able to access assisted death in the ACT, with a Labor backbencher to consult on possible amendments to the laws. Source: Canberra Times.
ACT lawmakers set to approve voluntary euthanasia
Euthanasia is set to become legal in the ACT with all government members expected to support the voluntary assisted dying bill when debate begins today. Source: Canberra Times.
British archbishop says Catholics must fight euthanasia campaign
The United Kingdom is gripped by the “aggressive promotion” of doctor-assisted killing, according to a British archbishop who has urged Catholics to write to their local MPs to resist changes to laws prohibiting euthanasia. Source: Catholic Herald.
Church condemns Macron’s ‘deceitful’ end-of-life bill
The head of the French bishops’ conference has denounced proposals for a new end-of-life law that would allow assisted suicide under strict conditions as “deceitful”. Source: The Tablet.
Lawyers push to legalise euthanasia via telehealth
The peak body for lawyers has called for the scrapping of federal laws prohibiting use of telehealth consultations to facilitate access to euthanasia, urging the Northern Territory to push for the laws to be changed as it formulates its own scheme. Source: The Australian.
Parts of ACT’s euthanasia bill to be rewritten
Officials have already been tasked with rewriting parts of the ACT’s proposed euthanasia laws, with the Government saying it intended to begin debating the bill in the first half of this year. Source: Canberra Times.
Dissenting MPs blast ACT’s ‘extreme’ euthanasia proposal
An ACT Legislative Assembly committee has recommended changes to a bill that would legalise voluntary euthanasia, to “more clearly define” who would be eligible for the scheme. Source: ABC News.