By Richard Egan.
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In a unanimous decision by three judges of the Queensland Court of Appeal handed down in Brisbane on 19 June 2020 in the case of R v Morant [2020] QCA 135, Graham Morant’s appeal against his conviction for aiding the suicide of his wife was rejected on all four grounds of appeal and the sentence of 10 years imprisonment was upheld as fair.
Morant was convicted on two counts under s311 of the Queensland Criminal Code. The first was that he had counselled Ms Morant to kill herself and thereby induced her to do so. The second was that he had aided her in killing herself.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Australia: Graham Robert Morant Loses Assisted Suicide Appeal
A Queensland man sentenced to 10 years in prison for helping his wife to kill herself for a $1.4 million life insurance payout has lost his appeal.
The ruling comes after emails between euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke and the man's wife were discovered following his conviction.
Graham Robert Morant (pictured here) was aged 69 when he was convicted of persuading his wife to end her life in November 2014.
Monday, June 15, 2020
Australia: If Assisted Dying Is a Right, Must It Be Made Available to Everyone?
Queensland Parliament |
A Queensland Australia Parliamentary Committee has made recommendations concerning voluntary assisted dying or VAD, meaning euthanasia and assisted suicide.[1]
Of special interest is the Committee's Recommendation 17, referring to "rights" of the patients to access VAD. The recommendation states:
The committee recommends that any voluntary assisted dying scheme in Queensland provides health practitioners who may have a conscientious objection to participating in voluntary assisted dying to opt not to participate, provided that the rights of the patients to access the scheme are also protected. (Emphasis added).[2]
Friday, June 12, 2020
Massachusetts: Assisted Suicide Bill Timing "Wrong"
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John Kelly |
Assisted suicide legislation sends a message of ‘better dead than disabled’ while completely immunizing doctors, heirs, and caregivers who can encourage or even engineer a person’s death without fear of prosecution,” said Second Thoughts Director John B. Kelly.
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Virginia: "Patient-Directed Suicide Has Morphed into Family-Determined Suicide"
Thomas Eppes, M.D. |
Recently the effort to legalize physician-assisted suicide has ramped up in Virginia. For 2,500 years, medicine has claimed the role of healer, but this dangerous public policy would change that by requiring a doctor’s participation in a patient’s demise .
Patients should never be conflicted about which role their physician plays.
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Minnesota Website Update
Minnesota State Capitol |
On September 11, 2019, there was an informational meeting in the House Committee on Health and Human Services regarding HF 2152. No other activity is indicated. Presumably, there will be similar bills next session.
For information about similar bills in prior years, go to Choice is an Illusion Minnesota.
For information about similar bills in prior years, go to Choice is an Illusion Minnesota.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Massachusetts Euthanasia Bills Have Reportedly Moved Out of Committee
State House |
To learn more about problems with the Act, please see the legal/policy analysis below. If you have further information as to the exact status of the bills, please write me at margaretdore@nmargaretdore.com Thank you.
Margaret Dore, Esq.
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