New Zealanders vote to legalise euthanasia
From Christian Today:
New Zealanders have voted overwhelmingly to legalise euthanasia.
Preliminary results of the binding referendum show a majority – 65.2% – voted in favour of the End of Life Choice Act being made a new law.
Once passed into law, the Act will allow people with a terminal illness and less than six months to live to choose assisted dying if they have the approval of two doctors.
Both Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and opposition leader Judith Collins had expressed support for the law, which is expected to come into effect in November 2021.
The campaign group Euthanasia-Free NZ said the law was “flawed”.
It expressed concern that unlike in Canada and parts of the US where euthanasia is already legal, the New Zealand legislation does not include safeguards like requiring a cooling-off period or independent witnesses when a person signs their euthanasia request.
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