I strongly believe it is MY right to decide when and how I die.
I understand it’s complicated.. a difficult topic prejuduced by laws, religion and personal opinion.
I’ll never understand why terminally ill, sick and invalid people whose quality of life is poor are not allowed to die in peace, when they choose.
It makes me so sad hearing people are forced to endure pain and suffering.
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Who Am I?
It is not relevant “who” I am? I am acutely aware that to name myself would attract unwanted attention to myself and my family.
It’s not about me, but the rights of human beings to live and die as they choose.
Let’s focus the attention on the core issue: a human being’s right to die on their terms.
I’m an educated, intelligent male in his 60’s living in Melbourne Victoria, Australia.
To be honest, I fear two issues that may happen in later years: dementia and pain.
My father suffered from Alzheimer’s Desease for the last years of his life. 20 years of pain and suffering before finally passing away in his 90’s.
Pain, wow, disease, cancer, give me the pill now!
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My Work is Done
When I began this journey, there was not one state in Australia that legalise voluntary assisted dying.
Today (2023), in Australia, laws that legalise voluntary assisted dying (VAD) have been passed in Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania, South Australia, Queensland, and New South Wales.
There is nothing left for me to do. I would like to see the laws relaxed a little to make it easier for people but I feel in time this will happen.
JOURNEY
2014 – spread the word
The right to die is discussed along with information about euthanasia in Australia.
Live well, prosper, die in peace
2017 – it’s begun..
I live in Victoria Australia where Assisted Dying is now Legal (2017). Under the scheme, terminally ill Victorian adults who meet 68 criteria will be able to ask their doctor for a lethal combination of medication.
Victoria’s premier Dan Andrews father succumbed to cancer in palliative care. When his father slipped away it became a turning point for a Premier once opposed to voluntary euthanasia. “It was a very difficult and taxing time, but that would be described at a textbook level as a good death,” Dan told ABC Radio Melbourne’s Jon Faine. “When you go through that and experience that and know it so deeply and personally, that can’t help but frame your understanding and your empathy for those who cannot be described as having a good death.”
Euthanasia debate: How the death of his father changed Daniel Andrews’ mind about euthanasia
ABC Radio Melbourne / By Jon Faine and Jean Edwards
Posted 17 October 2017
Legality of euthanasia
When I started detailing my thoughts and research, the information was largely about Victoria and Australia.
Assisted Dying laws around Australia and the world are changing. More and more countries are changing laws to permit euthanasia.
