Many different groups of Australians are reminding governments of their responsibility to uphold the sanctity of life. Responding to the complexities at critical and terminal stages of life is difficult however, it is one thing to seek to relieve pain, but another to act to deliberately end a person’s life. As the following pastoral letter states “As a society we need to monitor the government’s fidelity to its promise to make the provision of quality and accessible palliative care a cornerstone of its commitment to end-of-life care.’ Download the letter Voluntary Assisted Dying (PDF).
The Right to Life Australia Inc. defends the right to life of all human beings from conception until natural death. We lobby government for legal protection of the most vulnerable in society – the unborn baby, elderly, sick and those with disabilities.