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Cath News – a Service of the Australian Catholic Bishops conference. Townsville Bishop Tim Harris advocated strongly against euthanasia in his weekend homily, saying it was important to have a conversation on the "grim" topic. Source: Townsville Bulletin.
Allowing Doctors to Kill Patients - Or Help Patients To Kill Themselves. Last December 2019 the Western Australian (WA) parliament voted for a euthanasia bill which legalises state sanctioned extra judicial executions with doctors as the executioners.
Volunteer counsellors at PCA continue to devote themselves to the women and men of Australia who are facing an unplanned pregnancy or are suffering following an abortion.
There are so many voices in the community that suggest abortion is the best and easiest option for an unplanned pregnancy.
It is vital our service continues to offer a safe place where women and men are encouraged to make a fully informed decision.
Alan Tyson - 40 days for Life South Australia
In December 2018 Greens MLC Ms Tammy Franks (Upper House) introduced an Abortion Law Reform Bill to decriminalise abortion and provide the most unregulated abortion regime in the country. It provides for unrestricted and de-regulated availability of abortion up to full term, allows abortions to be carried out by other than doctors or without referral to any doctor, allows babies born alive to die without medical support and introduces 150 m Exclusion Zones around any hospital, abortion facility or any other premises declared by the Minister.
Western Australia is considering a piece of legislation that may be the most consequential set of laws passed by its 40th parliament: a bill that radically changes our understanding of life, death and suffering; a bill that legalises an individual choice to die, or voluntary assisted suicide.
I have serious concerns about this bill and believe if passed into law it will be the source of confusion and potentially contain unintended consequences. Because of communication and medical protocols that are not clear, and concerns over the principle “free prior and informed consent”, Aboriginal people will yet again be at the mercy of the professionals who are authorised to prescribe and administer the lethal drugs if you indicate a willingness to end your misery in this life.
The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2019 is currently being debated in the Legislative Council in the Parliament of Western Australia. We are immensely proud of the work of Hon. Nicolas (Nick) Goiran MLC – Member of the Legislative Council, Parliament of Western Australia. Nick has spearheaded the opposition to the Bill.
The debate has passed the 2nd reading (see vote below) and is now in the Committee stage, where every clause – over 180 of them – is being examined before the final vote. It is expected the final vote will occur before the end of the year. Nick has proposed over 350 amendments - to expose the flaws and enable Members to see through this dangerous bill. We continue to work to oppose the bill and encourage those of you living in WA to contact your MLCs.
Written by Jane Landon. Jane is a supporter of Right to Life Australia who was very active during our Federal Election campaign in Bennelong Electorate. Picture by Aleshia Fewster.
Pro-life protestors gathered for a vigil at Martin Place, Sydney on Tues 20 August 2019 at 6pm. The rally was to oppose the abortion bill being debated in Parliament House. It was fantastic to see so many people gathering for such an event. Estimate of crowd in attendance was up to 10,000 people, potentially the biggest turnout ever for a pro-life rally in Sydney.
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 28, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – With the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday morning to save one part of Indiana’s 2016 abortion law while letting another be struck down, Justice Clarence Thomas took the opportunity to explain how the law highlights abortion-on-demand’s deep ties to the American eugenics movement, which he said the nation’s highest court has a duty to eventually confront.
The Government of Western Australia is looking to introduce laws more liberal than Victoria's euthanasia laws. An expert panel in its recent report recommended that patients should be eligible if they are likely to die within 12 months. This differs from Victoria where terminally ill people must have less than 6 months to live.
An expert panel, chaired by former Governor Malcolm McCusker, recommended nurse practitioners be able to complete the second assessment for patients to have euthanasia. This differs from Victoria again, where eligibility for euthanasia can only be approved by 2 doctors. Patients with Alzheimer's or dementia would be excluded under the panel's recommendations.
In July 2019 the Committee of Right to Life Australia supported me to travel to attend the USA National Right to Life Convention 2019 held in Charleston, South Carolina. There were approximately 700 delegates to the conference. In addition, in adjacent rooms young pro-lifers held their own 2day conference called the National Teens for Life Convention.
It was uplifting to visit a country which has prolife bills being debated in various states and a good opportunity to network and be in the company of pro-life Americans. I found it difficult as a trained dietitian to see, however, the number of morbidly obese people living in the USA where a diet of fat and sugar is promoted by signs everywhere!
At the opening lunch on the first day of the Convention we were honoured to have as guest speaker Governor Henry McMaster.
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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
Fax: (03) 9384 6811
Email: rtl@rtlaust.com
www.righttolife.com.au
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.
