{"id":9294,"date":"2019-08-08T20:23:23","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T03:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9294"},"modified":"2019-09-01T17:48:35","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T00:48:35","slug":"was-take-on-assisted-dying-has-many-similarities-with-the-victorian-law-and-some-important-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9294","title":{"rendered":"WA\u2019s take on assisted dying has many similarities with the Victorian law \u2013 and some important differences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>The&nbsp; Conversation<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Ben White, Katrine&nbsp; Del Villar, Lindy&nbsp; Wilmott, Rebecca Meehan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        Western Australia may soon become the second Australian state to permit voluntary assisted dying, with the release on Tuesday of its <a href=\"https:\/\/ww2.health.wa.gov.au\/~\/media\/Files\/Corporate\/general%20documents\/Voluntary%20assisted%20dying\/PDF\/Voluntary-Assisted-Dying-Bill-2019.pdf\">Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2019<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        As in Victoria, whose law is now just under two months old, the bill was the product of reviews by a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parliament.wa.gov.au\/Parliament\/commit.nsf\/(Report+Lookup+by+Com+ID)\/71C9AFECD0FAEE6E482582F200037B37\/$file\/Joint%20Select%20Committe%20on%20the%20End%20of%20Life%20Choices%20-%20Report%20for%20Website.pdf\">parliamentary committee<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ww2.health.wa.gov.au\/~\/media\/Files\/Corporate\/general%20documents\/Voluntary%20assisted%20dying\/PDF\/voluntary-assisted-dying-final-report.pdf\">ministerial expert panel<\/a>. It\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-08-07\/western-australias-proposed-voluntary-euthanasia-laws-explained\/11389076\">expected to be debated<\/a> in the Western Australian parliament in three weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>         So how does what\u2019s being proposed compare to the law in Victoria?   . . . [<a href=\"http:\/\/theconversation.com\/was-take-on-assisted-dying-has-many-similarities-with-the-victorian-law-and-some-important-differences-121554\">Full text<\/a>]  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp; Conversation Ben White, Katrine&nbsp; Del Villar, Lindy&nbsp; Wilmott, Rebecca Meehan Western Australia may soon become the second Australian state to permit voluntary assisted dying, with the release on Tuesday of its Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2019. As in Victoria, whose law is now just under two months old, the bill was the product of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9294\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WA\u2019s take on assisted dying has many similarities with the Victorian law \u2013 and some important differences&#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":[3683],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-australia","category-euthanasia","category-legal-commentary","tag-western-australia"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>WA\u2019s take on assisted dying has many similarities with the Victorian law \u2013 and some important differences - 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=9294\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WA\u2019s take on assisted dying has many similarities with the Victorian law \u2013 and some important differences - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The&nbsp; Conversation Ben White, Katrine&nbsp; Del Villar, Lindy&nbsp; Wilmott, Rebecca Meehan Western Australia may soon become the second Australian state to permit voluntary assisted dying, with the release on Tuesday of its Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2019. 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