Exclusive: The head of the Uniting Church in NSW has called for a renewed, nuanced public discussion about voluntary assisted dying | AngusGthompson
The head of the Uniting Church in NSW has called for a renewed, nuanced public discussion about voluntary assisted dying to avoid repeating the controversy of last year's bruising abortion debate in State Parliament.
An amended abortion bill was finally passed following weeks of fierce debate and a failed leadership spill amid accusations the issue was being rushed through parliament. Reverend Hansford said many community members felt like the abortion debate was "sprung on them", "but the reality is many people, especially women, had been having that debate in their minds and their lives for generations.
Reverend Hansford that while his experience of palliative care had been excellent, he hadn't been exposed to the prolonged suffering many people who advocate for voluntary assisted dying were.
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