by Terri M. Kelleher
Yet another Australian state looks set to debate the highly contentious issue of assisted suicide/euthanasia.
Tasmanian Independent MLC Michael Gaffney is reported to be going to introduce his End-Of-Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Bill in August. The last attempt at legislating VAD in Tasmania was in 2016.
The Bill is more far reaching than the Victorian or West Australian laws or the recent Bill proposed in Queensland. “Safeguards” in the VAD laws of t…