The Supreme Court of Appeal overturned a high court decision to grant a terminally ill man legal “medically assisted dying”. In April 2015, Robert “Robin” Stransham-Ford, who had terminal prostate cancer, applied to the Gauteng High Court for legal doctor-assisted...
Media release Euthanasia-Free NZ made their oral submission to Parliament’s Health Select Committee today on the Investigation into Ending One’s Life In New Zealand. The investigation, in response to the petition of Hon Maryan Street and 8,974 others, received about...
By Alex Schadenberg, International Chair, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition I received an email from a person, whose Aunt died by euthanasia, even though she might only have a bladder infection. This email letter proves out that the supposed safeguards in...
Media Release The daughter of a depressed New Zealand man, who died by suicide with the help of the pro-euthanasia and pro-suicide organisation, EXIT International, spoke to Kathryn Ryan on Radio New Zealand’s Nine to Noon this morning. The organisation was in the...
Euthanasia-Free NZ supports World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 September and welcomes the government’s announcement to develop a new suicide prevention strategy and action plan. “One of the reasons Euthanasia-Free NZ is opposed to the legalisation of...
Media Release Euthanasia-Free NZ welcomes an analysis finding that 78% of submitters are opposed to legalising assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia. In an unprecedented number of unique submissions, more than three-quarters have indicated that they don’t think...
Euthanasia-Free NZ supported peaceful protests led by disabled people against the movie “Me Before You”, which was released in New Zealand today. People of diverse ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds joined demonstrations in Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga,...
Alan Woodward, the executive director of Lifeline Australia, wrote an opinion piece in The Guardian about target setting in relation to suicide prevention. He asks, “What is the ‘right’ suicide prevention target? Does a target of 50% imply acceptance that in...
Belgian experts call for euthanasia on psychological grounds to be removed from the law Media release – 11 December 2015 Euthanasia-Free NZ welcomes the open letter signed by 65 Belgian experts, as it’s highly relevant to the New Zealand debate. The group of...
Belgium: Experts call for the removal of euthanasia on the grounds of psychological suffering This week 65 Belgian professors, psychologists and psychiatrists signed the open letter below. It has been translated from the Flemish version published in De Morgen and...
