EUTHANASIA and assisted suicide
I am convinced that the risks of legalising assisted suicide (however described or defined) are too great as the consequences are final. Indeed I am convinced that assisted suicide is a recipe for elder abuse.
There is no doubt that our Palliative Care Specialists are capable of providing world‐class care and comfort for Western Australians suffering from a terminal or chronic illness. They simply need to be given the opportunity to provide it.
Consequently, as a compassionate and caring Western Australian community our collective energies should be directed to improving the awareness of, access to, training of and resourcing of our palliative care service providers. Assisted suicide is bad public policy. Our best public policy option is always care not killing.
To read my speech, click here
To read my minority report on this issue, click here
To read my 2014 Motion condemning the practice of child euthanasia click here
To read my older speech on the Voluntary Euthanasia Bill 2010, click here