“While some doctors support PAS/E, hardly any palliative care specialists do, as they know that with expertise almost everyone can be well cared for…” /1 theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/its-n…
“Overseas data shows that fear and social suffering (loss of ability and autonomy) drive PAS/E requests, not actual physical symptoms and not pain – despite what the media often misreports…” /2
“Society is expected to put aside the previously inviolable truth that we “don’t kill people”. Suicide has never been an acceptable solution to any problem, even if it is quick, easy and cheaper than care. Such actions impact all of us…” /3
“In Australia, where suicide is a leading cause of death, with significant resources spent on prevention (such as the current Royal Commission into Veteran suicides), PAS/E models suicide as an appropriate solution to suffering.” /4
“Many politicians are keen to be seen to be ‘progressive’. But euthanasia and ‘mercy-killing’ isn’t novel, as 1930s Germany attests to, where thousands of sick and disabled were killed; no one wants to remember this.” /5
“The less abled are often victims of attitudinal discrimination and lack access to basic services and respect for their rights; in an ageist and ableist society they are vulnerable to external and internal pressures to consider PAS/E if faced with illness…” /6
“Assisting suicide is never an appropriate solution for human suffering. Our politicians have been duped by emotive stories, Orwellian terminology… They need to look beyond the appeal to autonomy and remember that autonomy should always be constrained by the common good.” /END
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