Ann David
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An extract from the January 2025 End-of-Life Choice Society Newsletter
Greetings. Welcome to the New Year of 2025 and to another step forward in our campaign for the right to die with dignity. Forty-Six Years Of History The End-of-Life Choice Society NZ Inc was incorporated in May 1979, originally as the Voluntary Euthanasia Society of NZ Inc. May 2025 therefore marks 46 years of struggle […]
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Will dementia sufferers ever be able to access assisted dying?
Retired medical geneticist and End-of-Life Choice Society member, Dr Mac Gardner, explains why the recent discovery of a potential delay in the progression of Alzheimer’s isn’t really the breakthrough it may seem to be. Possible dementia breakthrough drug may delay degeneration: Otago Daily Times Online News (odt.co.nz). He pleads for our End of Life Choice […]
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Back to the Battlefield
Assisted Dying – An NZ Perspective The battlefield for the right to die with dignity is still bloody and will be bloodied again. In 2019, the End of Life Choice Act (the Act) was approved by Parliament and then endorsed a year later at a public referendumby 65% of voters. So isn’t that enough? Maybe […]
