Annie Werner, 46, passed away in August after taking a lethal substance under NSW's assisted dying laws. Of the 1141 applications received in the first seven months, 398 individuals ended their lives this way. Her friend Sarah Barry mixed the lethal substance that ended Annie's life, surrounded by her partner, children, and close friends.
Annie Werner died in August after taking a lethal substance provided through NSW assisted dying laws.
NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying Board chair Jenni Millbank said they would continue to advocate for changes to the Commonwealth’s criminal act, which prevents doctors consulting terminally ill patients about euthanasia via telehealth.In the end, there were no grand speeches. Annie Werner had said everything she needed to say.
Werner, 46, died on August 25 at home in the Bega Valley, surrounded by her partner Genevieve, their two children, and a chosen family of friends.Barry mixed the lethal substance that would end her friend’s life. The pair had known each other since the mid-2000s , but their relationship took on a different dimension after Werner was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer in 2018. Barry became her “mortality doula” – a companion to help her navigate through the final stages of her life.
In the seven months since VAD became legal in NSW, 1141 people applied to use it and 398 people died after an independent board deemed them eligible to take the lethal substance, data released on Friday revealed.In the board’s first annual report, chair Jenni Millbank said the program had proven both accessible and strongly safeguarded, but noted the Commonwealth’s criminal act, which prevents doctors raising euthanasia during telehealth appointments, remained a major barrier to access.
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