A bill that would legalise voluntary euthanasia has been launched by ACT leader David Seymour.
The controversial issue is the subject of a parliamentary inquiry, following Wellington lawyer Lecretia Seales’ bid for the courts to rule in favour of assisted suicide.
Seales died in June after a long battle with cancer. Just hours before she died, she was made aware of Justice David Collins’ ruling on her case – that Parliament was the only body that could legislate for euthanasia to become legal. Continue reading