United Nations day for victims of torture
Today Friday 26th June is United Nations Day for Victims of Torture. We must keep on speaking up against torture, for all people including unborn children.
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Scottish euthanasia bill voted down
Good news from Scotland!
The Scottish Parliament has voted down by an overwhelming majority an assisted suicide bill.
The vote was 82 – 36.
“End-of-life choices” submissions 5 days to go
The Legal and Social Issues Committee of the Legislative Council is inviting Victorians to make a submission to the Inquiry into "End of Life Choices". Make your views known. Details are as follows.
Hard cases make bad law
Dr. Rodney Syme is publicising yet another sad and sorry case in his attempt to have assisted suicide and euthanasia legalised. Ray Godbold’s “existential despair” cannot justify changing our prohibition against killing another person. Are requests for assisted suicide truly autonomous, truly free, informed and considered or can they be the result of depression, or a sense of being worthless, or a burden to others, or pressure from relatives, or inability to afford medical treatment?
Hartland's Euthanasia Push - Update
The motion of Greens MLC Colleen Hartland seeking referral of the issue of euthanasia for the terminally ill to the Law Reform Commission has bitten the dust! Thank you to all of you who responded to our call for action.
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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.
PO Box 2029, Brunswick East
Victoria 3057 Australia
Phone: (03) 9385 0100
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We are non-party political and non-denominational. Right to Life is a political pressure group working to uphold the right to life of every person from conception to natural death. As such Right to Life Australia will strongly campaign against abortion, IVF, euthanasia, infanticide, embryo stem cell research. Right to Life Australia provides free counselling to women facing crisis pregnancies.