Find Out More About the Proposed End of Life Choice Act
Find Out More About the Proposed End of Life Choice Act
Risky Law: https://www.riskylaw.nz/
“Whatever your views of death and dying, this Act is poor legislation because it does not protect people from being killed against their will.”
Vote Safe: https://www.votesafe.nz/
“LETHAL DOSE: with NO parental knowledge required; with NO assessment for coercion required; with NO mental health support required; with NO attempted treatment required; and with NO physical pain required.”
Care Alliance, A Fatal Law with Fatal Flaws: https://carealliance.org.nz/
“The End of Life Choice Act is: Unsafe – lacks adequate safeguards against wrongful deaths; Unwise – will fundamentally change our societal attitudes towards compassion for the worse; and Unnecessary – we can address end-of-life suffering without using lethal doses of drugs.”
Hospice, Euthanasia – Our Opinion: https://www.hospice.org.nz/resources/end-of-life-choice-act-our-concerns/euthanasia-our-opinion/
“We need to address issues of access to care, social isolation, lack of support for family carers before we give people the means to choose death.”