Dear Tasmanian ACL Supporter,

This morning ACL National Chief of Staff Lyle Shelton participated in a debate on Channel Seven’s Sunrise program on euthanasia and specifically the Greens’ decision to introduce legislation to legalise euthanasia into the Tasmanian Parliament today. Please click here to view the piece. Channel Seven also has a blog discussion which you may wish to join.

ACL is calling on Tasmanian parliamentarians to reject the bill as, if passed, it will put at risk the lives of vulnerable sick and elderly people. The supposed ‘safeguards’ being trumpeted by Tasmanian Greens’ leader Nick McKim have been shown not to work in other jurisdictions, such as the Northern Territory.

Tasmania has already previously considered the issue in 1998, with a parliamentary inquiry unanimously deciding to reject legalising euthanasia because it “would pose a serious threat to the more vulnerable members of society”.

We will keep you informed about any further developments and how you can get involved in opposing the euthanasia bill. In the meantime we urge you to keep this issue in your prayers.

 

Kind regards

 

Nick Overton
Tasmanian Director