{"id":8702,"date":"2018-08-24T21:04:14","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T04:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8702"},"modified":"2018-08-24T21:04:14","modified_gmt":"2018-08-25T04:04:14","slug":"new-euthanasia-assisted-suicide-law-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8702","title":{"rendered":"New euthanasia\/assisted suicide law in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Victoria&#8217;s <em>Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017<\/em><\/h2>\n<h4 class=\"author\">Sean Murphy<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/authors.aspx#Sean_Murphy\">*<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Introduction<\/strong><br \/>\nOn 19 April, 2018, the legislature of the State of Victoria, Australia, passed the <em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.vic.gov.au\/Domino\/Web_Notes\/LDMS\/PubStatbook.nsf\/f932b66241ecf1b7ca256e92000e23be\/B320E209775D253CCA2581ED00114C60\/$FILE\/17-061aa%20authorised.pdf\">Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017<\/a>, <\/em>which will come into force in June, 2019.\u00a0 It is currently the most restrictive euthanasia\/assisted suicide (EAS) legislation in the world, running to 130 pages.\u00a0 In brief, the law authorizes physician assisted suicide for terminally ill adults, but permits euthanasia by physicians only when patients are physically unable to self-administer a lethal drug.\u00a0 In both cases a permit must be obtained in advance.\u00a0 The main elements of the law are set out below, followed by consideration of its protection of conscience provisions. . .\u00a0 <strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.orglaw\/commentary\/legal087.aspx\">Full Text<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victoria&#8217;s Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 Sean Murphy* Introduction On 19 April, 2018, the legislature of the State of Victoria, Australia, passed the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017, which will come into force in June, 2019.\u00a0 It is currently the most restrictive euthanasia\/assisted suicide (EAS) legislation in the world, running to 130 pages.\u00a0 In brief, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=8702\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New euthanasia\/assisted suicide law in Australia&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,30,162,8],"tags":[443],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-8702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-australia","category-euthanasia","category-legal-commentary","tag-victoria"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>New euthanasia\/assisted suicide law in Australia - 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