
Less haste required for euthanasia bill
Audrey Young: David Seymour's first priority should be to his Act Party.
Audrey Young: David Seymour's first priority should be to his Act Party.
Comment: It was pure coincidence that two bills were drawn that complement each other.
COMMENT: Matt Vickers for and Bob McCoskrie against euthanasia.
COMMENT: The long, fraught process to deciding on a right to die has only just begun.
Susan Austen, a member of pro-euthanasia group Exit Wellington, appeared in court today.
Pro-euthanasia protesters supported Susan Austen at Wellington District Court.
COMMENT: Termination of life is an anathema to most doctors, says Ron Jones.
COMMENT: Though the right to die committee is still hearing submissions, its members probably feel they have heard all the arguments.
New Zealand's new Prime Minister is a former farmer and literature student from smalltown Southland who once described himself as "specialising in being boring".
It has been more than 20 years since the first major effort in New Zealand to promote legalised euthanasia.
Labour MP Louisa Wall says her proposed law change to legalise assisted dying in New Zealand will not go into the private member's bill ballot.
MP Louisa Wall championed the right of everyone to marry. She has now tabled a Bill that sets out a process for terminally ill person to legally end life.
A major inquiry into euthanasia is taking place, but the Govt has already concluded it will not lead to any changes in New Zealand.
Sir Michael Cullen has returned to the Labour fold after eight years of self-imposed exile as a Government appointee to NZ Post.
Parliament has been told that its debate on assisted dying could encourage suicides.
Judith Collins will not be drawn on whether police acted illegally when targeting euthanasia advocates.
Police officers' use of a drink-driving checkpoint to track pro-euthanasia campaigners has been described as worrying abuse of power by legal experts.
Police have admitted setting up a drink-drive checkpoint near a euthanasia meeting.
A terminally ill man has told Parliament he wants the right to choose to end his life when his pain and suffering becomes too great.
Police have seized items from the homes of elderly women in Wellington and Nelson which has sparked criticism of political interference from a voluntary euthanasia group.
Having the choice was what mattered to Lecretia.
In Australia a vet is calling for pet ownership to be restricted to permanent residents, after he rehomed a dog that was dumped on the streets by an international student.
Parliament's Health Committee has heard several emotional submissions from the public during hearings on voluntary euthanasia.
COMMENT: Last week Matthew Jansen took umbrage at my statement that his exploitation of a Belgian teen's death to further his cause was vile.
COMMENT: The Human Rights Commission has given what it calls the "orange light" to euthanasia. Let's not run this orange. Let's stop while we can.
Matt Vickers has never met me, but that didn't stop him from accusing me of "moral righteousness" and the "crime" of "staggering arrogance".
Government should proceed with legalising assisted dying only if strong safeguards are in place, the human rights watchdog says.
COMMENT: The Care Alliance are essentially saying they know what is best for this patient. That staggering arrogance is the real crime.