{"id":9104,"date":"2019-04-09T16:26:48","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T23:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9104"},"modified":"2019-04-15T18:23:32","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T01:23:32","slug":"euthanasia-bill-not-workable-in-its-present-state-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9104","title":{"rendered":"No agreement and disappointment after lengthy End of Life Choice bill hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Stuff <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Ruby Macandrew and Thomas Manch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It took 16 months, almost 40,000 submissions, and a nationwide tour of 14 cities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The result was a report that found no agreement  on whether the End of Life Choice Bill should be passed, made no  substantive recommendations, drew few conclusions and disappointed those  on both sides of a hard-fought debate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both advocates and opponents of the bill \u2013 which  seeks to legalise voluntary euthanasia \u2013 have resumed their default  positions for a familiar battle that will span months to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report, tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, did  not address any contentious aspects of the prospective law, with the  eight Justice Select Committee MPs declining to &#8220;consider substantive  policy issues on a conscience bill&#8221;. . . 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The result was a report that found no agreement on whether the End of Life Choice Bill should be passed, made no substantive recommendations, drew few conclusions and disappointed those on both sides of a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9104\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;No agreement and disappointment after lengthy End of Life Choice bill hearing&#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":[77,162,43,9],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-euthanasia","category-new-zealand","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>No agreement and disappointment after lengthy End of Life Choice bill hearing - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9104\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No agreement and disappointment after lengthy End of Life Choice bill hearing - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Stuff Ruby Macandrew and Thomas Manch It took 16 months, almost 40,000 submissions, and a nationwide tour of 14 cities. 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