The Northland Age

Common humanity

-

As opinion polls have repeatedly shown, a substantia­l majority of New Zealanders believe that people suffering in the late stages of terminal illness should have the legal right to choose a peaceful death, and it is in response to this that David Seymour has presented his End of Life Choice Bill to Parliament.

To the majority of its supporters, it’s simply about common humanity; we can be prosecuted for allowing a pet to suffer

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from New Zealand