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FamilyVoice Australia is deeply disappointed that WA Health Minister Roger Cook announced a euthansia bill and pro-euthanasia expert panel.
The panel's so-called “community consultation” will rely on incomplete and flawed research as the Sanderson End of Life Choices report which fails to mention data on overseas experiences such as in Oregon, USA.
"A government that sends an inherently conflicting message that doctors can both kill and care for vulnerable dying patients is fundamentally not to be trusted," said WA State Director Darryl Budge.
"Mr Cook fails to realise that doctors will not have a legal obligation to follow through with high quality palliative care.
"Furthermore, doctors themselves will most likely choose the path of least cost and encourage patients towards assisted killing.
"WA already has an above average suicide rate, recording 15.8 suicides per 100,000 people, compared with 12.6 nationally, in ABS figures released in September.
"Data from Oregon shows the suicide rate has climbed steadily since euthanasia was legalized in 1997 and in 2016 was 5% higher than the national average."
For all media enquiries, please contact Darryl Budge on 0468 454 507