Euthanasia: Senate Inquiry Calls for Conscience Vote on Bill

November 11, 2014

(The Guardian) – A federal Senate inquiry has called for a conscience vote on a bill allowing terminally ill people to legally end their lives, but asked that key technical issues with the legislation be clarified. The draft bill, tabled by the Greens senator Richard Di Natale, would allow terminally ill people over the age of 18 to “die with dignity”, and grant medical professionals who provide the service immunity from prosecution.