NSW: Brown euthanasia bill will harm NT indigenous health

AAP General News (Australia)
04-17-2008
NSW: Brown euthanasia bill will harm NT indigenous health

A priest says a reintroduction of voluntary euthanasia in the Northern Territory would
undermine efforts to improve health in remote indigenous communities.

FRANK BRENNAN .. who's also a law professor at the Australian Catholic University ..

has told a Senate committee that reinstating euthanasia laws would be irresponsible.

He says the move would terrify Aborigines who are already fearful of western medical techniques.





Greens leader BOB BROWN has introduced a private member's bill seeking to restore euthanasia
rights in the Northern Territory .. and to pave the way for a similar move in the ACT.

The Northern Territory became the first jurisdiction in the country to pass voluntary
euthanasia laws in 1996 .. but they were controversially overturned nine months later
by the federal government.

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KEYWORD: DIE BRENNAN (SYDNEY)

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