Euthanasia
I’m thankful my mother could leave the world on her own terms - but the system is flawed for families like mine
Nothing prepares a person for the carefully orchestrated death of a parent. Our dysfunctional family will never recover from the stresses it placed on us.
- by Andrea Dixon
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Assisted dying to be legalised in England and Wales after historic vote
In one of the biggest landmark social changes in the country in decades, terminally ill patients will be allowed to end their own lives under strict conditions.
- by Rob Harris
Sarah helped her friend end her life. Here’s what it taught her about death
Assisted dying laws, introduced in NSW a year ago, helped Annie Werner regain some control lost when she was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer.
- by Angus Thomson
The legal status of assisted dying around the world
A number of countries have recently passed or introduced laws to permit a form of euthanasia for people who meet certain criteria. Here’s a list.
- by Sarah Young
Controversial Tube ads spark outrage as right to die debate divides Britain
British MPs are to debate a bill which would legalise assisted dying for some terminally ill adults. A decade after a similar bill was overwhelmingly rejected, the result appears to be on a knife’s edge.
- by Rob Harris
‘Sensitive issue’: LNP campaign mired in questions of conscience
The LNP leader has brushed off a third day of questions about abortion laws, while the premier has promised to grant Labor MPs a conscience vote.
- by Matt Dennien
‘Show their true colours’: Leadership test looms for Crisafulli
The LNP leader again insisted there would be no change to abortion or assisted dying laws if he were premier. But it might not be up to him.
- by Matt Dennien and William Davis
Doctors travelling, posting scripts to avoid ‘suicide’ investigations
While LNP leader David Crisafulli has promised “no change” to assisted dying laws, moral and legal sensitivities are already evident in how the scheme is being run.
- by Sean Parnell, Matt Dennien and William Davis
Former right-wing senator, Sky News host may get cabinet role if LNP wins power, MP suggests
Although denied by leader David Crisafulli, speculation has been rife that former conservative senator Amanda Stoker could be parachuted into an LNP cabinet.
- by Matt Dennien
Sarah’s mum starved herself to death. It was the only legal way for her to go
Wendy Mitchell spent a decade educating people about living with dementia. Now her daughter wants to tell us about how she died, and why it didn’t have to be that way.
- by Michael Bachelard
Narelle watched her husband die a painful death, so she chose hers
Since NSW became the last state in Australia to offer voluntary assisted dying in November, hundreds of people have applied. These are some of their stories.
- by Angus Thomson