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South Australia will become the fourth state in the nation to legalise euthanasia after a final amended version of the state’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill passed the Lower House today.
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South Australia’s Voluntary Assisted Dying laws are expected to pass a final vote in the Upper House as early as this month after the legislation garnered overwhelming support in the House of Assembly overnight.
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There is reportedly blowback in the Liberal party room over Premier Steven Marshall’s decision to bring forward a Lower House vote on voluntary assisted dying.
Current and former MPs from all sides of politics who have tried to pass voluntary euthanasia laws in South Australia for decades are urging their colleagues to show “courage” and support the latest push.
Voluntary assisted dying legislation in South Australia has passed another legislative hurdle, with the Upper House last night waving the controversial bill through its second reading with a final vote set for May.
A landmark euthanasia trial has opened in the Netherlands seeking to pinpoint what to do with dementia patients who have previously stated their wish to die under certain circumstances but later might have second thoughts.
