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STOP PRESS: Dr Rodney Syme, Vice President of Dying With Dignity Victoria, will be making a significant announcement regarding his involvement in Steve Guest’s death, at the rally.

he number of euthanasia cases has dropped over the past few years, though the number of terminal patients receiving palliative sedation has increased.

Five years ago, 1 April 2002, the Netherlands introduced a new law on euthanasia, becoming the first country in the world to legalise the practice within strict boundaries.

Research has been carried out in connection with the evaluation of the WTL so as to provide insight into practical developments in medical decision-making at the end of life and into the efficacy and side effects of the WTL.

Bussemaker said that the government will not tamper with a woman’s right to choose if she opts for an abortion.

Euthanasia became legal in the Netherlands five years ago, but why is the rest of the world unwilling to follow the Dutch example?

Besides the Netherlands, the only country where a doctor is allowed to take the life of a patient – and only ever at the patient’s request – is Belgium.

Physician-assisted suicide is allowed in Switzerland and in the state of Oregon in the US. There doctors do not perform euthanasia, but they can provide patients with the means to take their own life.

The newsletter of Dying with Dignity Victoria, Australia.

During the debate, Pyne made several misleading assertions. Other debaters had to correct the Minister. Mr Neil Francis, President of Dying With Dignity Victoria, said “This poll delivers an unambiguous message to Canberra—one that can’t be ignored.

The latest developments on assisted dying in Europe.

Under Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act (DWDA), terminally-ill adult Oregonians are allowed to obtain and use prescriptions from their physicians for self-administered, lethal medications. The Oregon Public Health Division is required by the Act to collect information on compliance and to issue an annual report.

View Oregon’s Death with Dignity Annual Reports.

In the last two decades, surveys have consistently shown that a majority of Australians believe that terminally ill individuals should have a right to seek and obtain assistance to end their life with dignity. In 1962 it was nearly a majority (47%) and by 1978 it was up to 67%. In 2002, Roy Morgan Research found that this had become an overwhelming majority of 73% of Australians. Last month a Newspoll found this had increased even further to 80%.

The Australian organizations listed below, seeking law reform to permit patient choice for a medically assisted death, call upon Palliative Care Australia to acknowledge its responsibility to all suffering people under its care …