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Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said: “I don’t support euthanasia”

Oct 1, 2013

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director and International Chair, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott

An article in the September 30 Sydney Morning Herald written by Andrew Darby, examines both sides of the euthanasia debate.

Darby explains that Australia’s Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, commented on “The Voluntary Assisted Dying bill” introduced in the Tasmanian legislature while speaking on Fairfax Radio in Melbourne last Friday. “I don’t support euthanasia,” Mr. Abbott stated. “The problem with changing the law here is that it will lead to people who aren’t in imminent danger of death being assisted to die.”

Darby paraphrased Mr. Abbott as adding that “Tasmania, unlike a Commonwealth territory, was entitled to do what it thought best.”

Paul Russell, the leader of “HOPE Australia” will be working with REALdignityTas to defeat the euthanasia bill in Tasmania.

If the bill passes, it is expected that assisted suicide enthusiast Philip Nitschke will set-up a euthanasia clinic in Tasmania.

Categories: Euthanasia