Taking new avenues in the euthanasia debate

By The Canberra Times
Updated April 24 2018 - 8:05pm, first published March 8 2016 - 8:06pm

Euthanasia and assisted dying is back on the agenda – if indeed it was ever really off the table. The Senate is currently considering a draft Bill sponsored by the Greens which would enshrine a "dying with dignity medical service", and authorise physicians to "prescribe, prepare and/or administer a substance that would assists a terminally ill person to end their life in a human manner".

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