{"id":7542,"date":"2017-05-15T17:08:16","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T00:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7542"},"modified":"2018-03-06T13:35:38","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T21:35:38","slug":"new-south-wales-assisted-suicideeuthanasia-bill-permits-refusal-protects-practitioners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7542","title":{"rendered":"New South Wales assisted suicide\/euthanasia bill permits refusal, protects practitioners"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Euthanasia debate: NSW Parliament to consider drafted legislation on assisted dying<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>Australian Broadcasting Corporation<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Ashleigh Raper &amp; Andrew Griffits<\/p>\n<p>New South Wales is a step closer to allowing terminally ill people to voluntarily end their lives, with a draft bill with cross-party support being released today.<\/p>\n<p>The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill has been drafted by a parliamentary working group made up of members from the Coalition, Labor, Greens and an independent.<\/p>\n<p>The draft bill would give a person over the age of 25 the right to request assistance from a medical practitioner to end their life. . . .[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2017-05-16\/draft-legislation-in-nsw-a-step-closer-to-assisted-dying\/8529082\"> Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The bill does not include a protection of conscience provision<em> per se<\/em>.\u00a0 However,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/law\/proposed\/australia-nsw-001.aspx\">Sections 6, 24 and 25 <\/a>permit a practitioner to refuse to participate for any reason, making no distinction between refusal for reasons of conscience and refusal for other reasons.\u00a0 It also equally protects both participating and non-participating practitioners from criminal and civil liability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Euthanasia debate: NSW Parliament to consider drafted legislation on assisted dying Australian Broadcasting Corporation Ashleigh Raper &amp; Andrew Griffits New South Wales is a step closer to allowing terminally ill people to voluntarily end their lives, with a draft bill with cross-party support being released today. 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