Euthanasia

Euthanasia Issues

The truth slips out about Justin Trudeau’s euthanasia regime

A ‘Right’ to Suicide in Canada Could Soon Become Reality

Canadian Homeless man seeks death by euthanasia. He feels hopeless. You can see where Euthanasia is likely heading if David Seymour gets his way with the revision of NZ’s Euthanasia laws.

Has Canada finally realized that its euthanasia law is a human rights disaster? – About 40,000 Canadians have been killed since legalisation

Canada’s Snowballing ‘MAID’ Euthanasia Trend

Assisted suicide plans in Scotland “regressive and dangerous” campaigners warn Jan 4th 2022

Court rules that the euthanasia of a depressed woman in Belgium violated Article 2 of the European Convention of Human Rights. Oct 4 2022

Canada is getting comfortable with killing people with disabilities

‘Disturbing’: Experts troubled by Canada’s euthanasia laws NZ Herald Aug 14 2022

Hospice NZ: Could be issues if euthanasia rules are altered

DefendNZ – Helping Kiwis navigate end of life choice in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Association on EOLCA – This fact sheet confirms that “a strong majority” of their members are opposed to the End of Life Choice Act.

Woman dying of cancer urges New Zealand to vote NO to euthanasia

Euthanasia: Dutch court expands law on dementia cases

Assisted dying’s inequity problem (Newsroom 11 Sep 2020

Pandemic no time for rerferendums, Rocket Labs Peter Beck on NBR

Euthanasia referendum: ‘The proposed law isn’t watertight’

Euthanasia Billboards Vandalised in Auckland

No Assistance for Euthanasia at Hospice

Read the End of Life Choice Bill here

Maxim Institute – FAQ on End of Life Referendum

The Final Choice – Caralise Trayes new book exposing the dangers of Euthanasia

High Court Action by Hospice NZ – High Court confirms euthanasia has no place in palliative care

Risky Law

Vote Safe

Reject Assisted Suicide

Euthanasia Debate

Care Alliance

Defend NZ

How do we make the wisest Choice – ODT article

Euthanasia polling data may fail to capture people’s considered views – Bio Edge

How every MP voted on the Third and Final Reading of the End of Life Choice Bill

MP	Party	Electorate	Final vote
Adrian Rurawhe	Labour	Te Tai Hau?uru	No
Agnes Loheni	National	List	No
Alastair Scott	National	Wairarapa	No
Alfred Ngaro	National	List	No
Amy Adams	National	Selwyn	Yes
Anahila Kanongata’a-Suisuiki	Labour	List	No
Andrew Bayly	National	Hunua	No
Andrew Falloon	National	Rangitata	Yes
Andrew Little	Labour	List	Yes
Angie Warren-Clark	Labour	List	Yes
Anne Tolley	National	East Coast	No
Aupito William Sio	Labour	Mangere	No
Barbara Kuriger	National	Taranaki-King Country	Yes
Brett Hudson	National	List	Yes
Carmel Sepuloni	Labour	Kelston	Yes
Chloe Swarbrick	Green	List	Yes
Chris Bishop	National	Hutt South	Yes
Chris Hipkins	Labour	Rimutaka	Yes
Chris Penk	National	Helensville	No
Clare Curran	Labour	Dunedin South	Yes
Clayton Mitchell	NZ First	List	Yes
Damien O’Connor	Labour	West Coast-Tasman	No
Dan Bidois	National	Northcote	No
Darroch Ball	NZ First	List	Yes
David Bennett	National	Hamilton East	No
David Carter	National	List	No
David Clark	Labour	Dunedin North	No
David Parker	Labour	List	Yes
David Seymour	Act	Epsom	Yes
Deborah Russell	Labour	New Lynn	No
Denise Lee	National	Maungakiekie	No
Duncan Webb	Labour	Christchurch Central	Yes
Erica Stanford	National	East Coast Bays	Yes
Eugenie Sage	Green	List	Yes
Fletcher Tabuteau	NZ First	List	Yes
Gareth Hughes	Green	List	Yes
Gerry Brownlee	National	Ilam	No
Ginny Andersen	Labour	List	Yes
Golriz Ghahraman	Green	List	Yes
Grant Robertson	Labour	Wellington Central	Yes
Greg O’Connor	Labour	Ohariu	Yes
Hamish Walker	National	Clutha-Southland	No
Harete Hipango	National	Whanganui	No
Iain Lees-Galloway	Labour	Palmerston North	Yes
Ian McKelvie	National	Rangitaiki	No
Jacinda Ardern	Labour	Mt Albert	Yes
Jacqui Dean	National	Waitaki	No
James Shaw	Green	List	Yes
Jami-Lee Ross	Independent	Botany	Yes
Jamie Strange	Labour	List	No
Jan Logie	Green	List	Yes
Jan Tinetti	Labour	List	Yes
Jenny Marcroft	NZ First	List	Yes
Jenny Salesa	Labour	Manukau East	No
Jian Yang	National	List	Yes
Jo Hayes	National	List	No
Jo Luxton	Labour	List	Yes
Jonathan Young	National	New Plymouth	No
Judith Collins	National	Papakura	Yes
Julie Anne Genter	Green	List	Yes
Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi	National	List	No
Kelvin Davis	Labour	Te Tai Tokerau	Yes
Kieran McAnulty	Labour	List	Yes
Kiri Allan	Labour	List	Yes
Kris Faafoi	Labour	Mana	Yes
Lawrence Yule	National	Tukituki	No
Liz Craig	Labour	List	Yes
Louisa Wall	Labour	Manurewa	Yes
Louise Upston	National	Taupo	No
Maggie Barry	National	North Shore	No
Marama Davidson	Green	List	Yes
Marja Lubeck	Labour	List	Yes
Mark Mitchell	National	Rodney	Yes
Mark Patterson	NZ First	List	Yes
Matt King	National	Northland	Yes
Matthew Doocey	National	Waimakariri	Yes
Maureen Pugh	National	List	No
Megan Woods	Labour	Wigram	Yes
Meka Whaitiri	Labour	Ikaroa-Ra whiti	No
Melissa Lee	National	List	No
Michael Wood	Labour	Mt Roskill	No
Michael Woodhouse	National	List	No
Nanaia Mahuta	Labour	Hauraki-Waikato	Yes
Nathan Guy	National	Otaki	No
Nick Smith	National	Nelson	No
Nicky Wagner	National	List	No
Nicola Willis	National	List	Yes
Nikki Kaye	National	Auckland Central	Yes
Parmjeet Parmar	National	List	No
Paul Eagle	Labour	Rongotai	Yes
Paul Goldsmith	National	List	No
Paula Bennett	National	Upper Harbour	Yes
Paulo Garcia	National	List	No
Peeni Henare	Labour	T?maki Makaurau	Yes
Phil Twyford	Labour	Te Atatu	No
Poto Williams	Labour	Christchurch East	No
Priyanca Radhakrishnan	Labour	List	Yes
Raymond Huo	Labour	List	Yes
Rino Tirikatene	Labour	Te Tai Tonga	No
Ron Mark	NZ First	List	Yes
Ruth Dyson	Labour	Port Hills	Yes
Sarah Dowie	National	Invercargill	No
Scott Simpson	National	Coromandel	Yes
Shane Jones	NZ First	List	Yes
Shane Reti	National	Whangarei	No
Simeon Brown	National	Pakuranga	No
Simon Bridges	National	Tauranga	No
Simon O’Connor	National	Tamaki	No
Stuart Nash	Labour	Napier	Yes
Stuart Smith	National	Kaikoura	No
Tamati Coffey	Labour	Waiariki	Yes
Tim Macindoe	National	Hamilton West	No
Tim van de Molen	National	Waikato	Yes
Todd McClay	National	Rotorua	No
Todd Muller	National	Bay of Plenty	No
Tracey Martin	NZ First	List	Yes
Trevor Mallard	Labour	List	Yes
Willie Jackson	Labour	List	Yes
Willow-Jean Prime	Labour	List	Yes
Winston Peters	NZ First	List	Yes

INDEPENDENT YES Jami-Lee Ross

Why are conservative values so difficult to communicate in the public square and progressive values so easy?

Dutch nursing home death – more excuses, more killing

South African court overturns assisted suicide case cited by Lecretia Seales

Oregon: The real story about safeguards around assisted suicide

Euthanasia group plans to turn militant in NZ over the buying of lethal drugs

Justice Minister Amy Adams rejects calls for abortion reform

20 y/o sex abuse victim allowed euthanasia (Holland)

Australian Medical Association Re-Affirms Opposition to Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

California prepares for assisted suicide of patients in mental hospitals

Doctors association refuses to back euthanasia in Australia

Netherlands offers euthanasia for alcoholics

‘I believed that euthanasia was the only humane solution. I no longer believe that.’

As Colorado legalizes assisted suicide, don’t be conned by the agenda of death

NZ PM rules out govt euthanasia bill

What is the number? -Anyone advocating for euthanasia or assisted suicide should have to answer this question

Euthanasia tyranny expands in Canada

The danger of suicide contagion—and why assisted suicide makes it worse

Assisted Suicide Up 250% in Switzerland since 2009

Did police use booze checkpoint to target elderly women at euthanasia meeting? (See large number of comments to this Stuff article)

Narelle Henson: Dancing with death always dangerous – Waikato Times

Some patients in a vegetative state can still communicate Police Correct To Protect NZ’ers From Dr Death 18th October 2016

Dutch may allow assisted suicide for those who feel they have ‘completed life‘ Telegraph UK

Sick patients not fit to choose euthanasia, MPs told NZ Herald

A Few Thoughts on Assisted Suicide

Forcing euthanasia in Quebec contravenes patient rights

Euthanasia: learn from Canada’s mistakes -Now that doctors may kill, will people become terrified of palliative care?

Robert Preston, director of the British think tank Living and Dying Well. This link is to a 40-minute presentation he gave in 2015 at a symposium held at Queens University in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Listen to it here. (Courtesy of Voice for Life NZ)Kevin Hague just treated 21,435 New Zealanders with utter contempt, 22 September 2016

Belgian child euthanased: what do New Zealand advocates say?

NZ Medical Association warns against euthanasia

Elderly Canadians fear euthanasia

Euthanasia too final when the risk of error is too great – Doctors

74% of Belgian mental suffering euthanised were women.They’re killing psychiatric patients in Belgium and the Netherlands – and most of them are women August 29 2016

All views on assisted suicide matter Wednesday, 24 August 2016

The assisted dying debate needs to move on from binary questions. In this article Dr Stephen Child the Chair of the New Zealand Medical Association says that “Patient autonomy is crucial, but the belief it should trump all other considerations should be viewed with caution. Aug 27th 2016

Not a big deal, David Seymour? For disabled people the idea of assisted suicide couldn’t be bigger Aug 24th 2016

A spade is a spade: why correct language is so important in debates over assisted suicide

“Worse Than Death” Meme Pushes Culture of Death

To Promote Euthanasia Doctors Create “Worse Than Death” Label for Some Patients Aug 17th

Gold medallist paralympian from Belgium seeks euthanasia Aug 13th 2016

Dressing doctor-assisted suicide up as a “work of art” Aug 15th 2016

Washington State assisted deaths increase by 32% in 2105, report reveals Aug 15th 2016

15,000 Euthanasia Opinions NZ Catholic May 30th 2016

Camphttp://www.mercatornet.com/careful/view/gold-medallist-paralympian-from-belgian-seeks-euthanasia/18514

aigner rallies doctors to oppose assisted death NZ Doctor May 12th 2016

Euthanasia debate reignited by 20yo sexual abuse victim NZ Herald May 16th 2016

Switzerland assisted suicides jump 34% in 2015 4th March 2016

Good palliative care could avoid need for euthanasia debate – expert Timaru Herald 17th February 2016

Here are two excellent videos. The first one is about compassion and why we don’t put down humans like animals. The second one is about “choice”. Thanks to Renee Joubert of Euthanasia Free for these.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk0_X7Yb7jA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkXU6XOFKoU&feature=youtu.be

Family First’s Protect.org Website – Information and Resources on Euthanasia. Making a Submission resource is about three quarters of way down the page

What would be the impact of decriminalising Euthanasia be on our Society?

The Nathaniel Centre – The New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre – Recommendations for Making Submissions to the Parliamentary Health Select Committee

New Zealand Catholic Bishops’ Statement on Euthanasia (Nathaniel Centre Website)

Catholic.org Website Bishops’ Statements on Life Issues

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In 1980, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome published a Declaration on Euthanasia. Within that document can be found the following quote:

“By euthanasia is understood an action or an omission which of itself or by intention causes death, in order that all suffering may in this way be eliminated. Euthanasia’s terms of reference, therefore, are to be found in the intention of the will and in the methods used. It is necessary to state firmly once more that nothing and no one can in any way permit the killing of an innocent human being, whether a fetus or an embryo, an infant or an adult, an old person, or one suffering from an incurable disease, or a person who is dying. Furthermore, no one is permitted to ask for this act of killing, either for himself or herself or for another person entrusted to his or her care, nor can he or she consent to it, either explicitly or implicitly, nor can any authority legitimately recommend or permit such an action. For it is a question of the violation of the divine law, an offense against the dignity of the human person, a crime against life, and an attack on humanity.”

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Health Select Committee Terms of Reference
Last week (Aug 2015), the Health Select Committee published the terms of reference for their investigation into what they term ending one’s life – in other words, suicide. The Committee is seeking submissions from the public. Every person who opposes euthanasia and assisted suicide must take the time to make a positive and clear submission in defense of life!

The Committee will consider the social, legal, medical, cultural, financial, ethical and philosophical implications of the issue. The following four points are their terms of reference:

The factors that contribute to the desire to end one’s life
The effectiveness of services and support available to those who desire to end their own lives
The attitudes of New Zealanders towards the ending of one’s life and the current legal situation
International experiences

Submissions need to be made prior to Monday 1st February 2016. Details on how to do this can be found on the NZ Parliament website.

Right to Life encourages all who value preserving the right to life of all persons to write to the Health Select Committee to express their view on the dangers of euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide.

We will be providing information on how you can best go about this in future posts on this page.