New Zealand doctors to reconsider euthanasia question

The New Zealand Medical Association announced Friday that it will reconsider its position on euthanasia at the end of July.

Family Life International said this news marks a frightening moment in the country’s history. It points out that the right to life is the fundamental right, which underpins all other rights, and there is no such thing as a right to die.

“Death is not a human right it is an inevitable and unavoidable part of life,” Family Life International said in a press release Friday. “Without life one is never afforded the opportunity to exercise any other human rights.”

The pro-life group argued that euthanasia would fly in the face of the Hippocratic oath and lead to an increase in involuntary euthanasia.

“It leads to a lowering of palliative care standards, and less concern for using finance and resources to fight terminal illness,” the statement said. “It also creates lazy physicians, and a dangerous and unhealthy imbalance in the doctor-patient relationship.”

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