End of Life Choice Bill flawed and would compromise medical professionals

Monday, April 30th, 2018

Dr Graham O’Brien, argued for better palliative care and mental health services, in a debate on the End of Life Choice Bill at the Christ Church Transitional Cathedral last Thursday night.

O’Brien said the bill was philosophically and practically flawed and would compromise medical professionals’ ethics. “If we say death is a right for somehow can we say death isn’t a right for others?”

He feared the bill if passed into law, would be slowly extended through the courts to allow “assisted suicide on demand”. Read more

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