Victorians Against Assisted Suicide: Concerned Victorians standing against assisted suicide and the push to legalise it in the State of Victoria.
Victoria, Australia
Joined October 2017
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NoAssistedSuicideVIC retweeted
Geriatrician warns elderly Victorians who feel like a burden now face the decision to terminate their lives. They are also at risk of being coerced to request or ingest the legal poison. Coercion stays hidden.
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#assistedsuicide #euthanasia #wrongfuldeaths
NoAssistedSuicideVIC retweeted
#AssistedDying laws are fraught with risk, & open an enormous number of vulnerable people to fundamental risk.That risk - wrongful death. @YatesMarky theage.com.au/national/victo… via @theage
NoAssistedSuicideVIC retweeted
This week, the role of doctors will fundamentally change... a very sad week theage.com.au/national/victo… via @theage
NoAssistedSuicideVIC retweeted
Australian Senator: “Since meeting a group of doctors this week who are firmly against euthanasia, more questions have been raised, forcing me to question my stance on the issue. What are the safeguards that come with this legislation?” theguardian.com/australia-ne…
Fantastic news from Canberra with Leyonhjelm’s #euthanasia & #assistedsuicide bill rejected by @AuSenate - 36 against, 34 for. Thank you to those who voted to protect the most vulnerable in our community! #auspol
NoAssistedSuicideVIC retweeted
I'm grateful to those Senators whose courage enabled them to see through the cliches, acknowledge the terrible risks & vote down this misguided bill. #auspol #Euthanasia bill defeated in the Senate after senators reverse position theguardian.com/australia-ne…
.@SenatorFifield: Victoria made a mistake with its #euthanasia and #assistedsuicide legislation. I don't want to see that happen here. I will not be supporting this bill #auspol
"Leyonhjelm does indigenous communities of the NT a great disservice by presenting this bill." Well written piece from @KaiLNash
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Senator Don Farrell: We must not legislate in ways that will make the elderly, sick and vulnerable feel like a burden #euthanasia #assistedsuicide #auspol
Senator Don Farrell: Bioethicist Margaret Somervilles says it would be a societal tragedy to legalise #euthanasia and #assistedsuicide and I agree with her #auspol
Senator Patrick Dodson: #assistedsuicide and #euthanasia would make first nations people even more vulnerable #auspol
Will crossing this ethical threshold lead to better or worse outcomes for Australians, partic. our most vulnerable – the sick, elderly, disabled, depressed, lonely? Experience overseas suggests that it will not - @ZedSeselja #assistedsuicide #euthanasia smh.com.au/politics/federal/…
NoAssistedSuicideVIC retweeted
Bioethics Professor Margaret Somerville says it would be "a societal tragedy" if we allowed voluntary assisted dying to be legalised across Australia ow.ly/dtLo50icJ0H
"Government-sponsored suicide does not provide real choice, nor does it address the causes of suffering; it just excuses politicians & policymakers of their solemn obligation to do better." @JohnAndersonAOGovt #assistedsuicide #euthanasia theaustralian.com.au/opinion…
Leyonhjelm does indigenous communities of the NT a great disservice by presenting this bill, which flies in the face of suicide prev. efforts & threatens to jeopardise everything local communities & govt have been working to achieve. #euthanasia @AuSenate adelaidenow.com.au/rendezvie…
NoAssistedSuicideVIC retweeted
Yet 10,000+ Victorians are left to die in needless pain each year because they can't get palliative care. So they will be offered "help" to kill themselves, but our “compassionate” government denies them palliative care to stop their pain. #VAD xitter.cf/SaferCareVic/status/10…
@JillHennessyMP appoints retired Supreme Court and @CountyCourtVic judge the Hon. Justice Betty King QC & @BarwonHealth intensive care specialist Charles Corke to lead implementation of the country’s first voluntary assisted dying legislation #VAD ow.ly/dAqx50hQ5IS
NoAssistedSuicideVIC retweeted
Saying it’s safe doesn’t make it true. Perhaps for the educated small group of people you refer to but not for the vulnerable & elderly who are in the care of those who seek to take advantage of them & their finances. Worst of all, no one will ever find out. Everyone counts! xitter.cf/danielandrewsmp/status…
NoAssistedSuicideVIC retweeted
10,000+ Victorians die in needless pain each year because they can't get palliative care. Now they will be offered "help" to kill themselves but still denied palliative care to end their pain. What sort of compassion is that? #VAD #springst xitter.cf/RebeccaBartel/status/9…
Victoria... the compassionate state indeed @JillHennessyMP . Voluntary assisted dying has passed and Victorians now have a choice #VAD #choice #springst #auspol
.@MThompsonMP: #VAD is a distraction from the real issue we face - effective #palliativecare for all #springst