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LEGISLATION allowing voluntary euthanasia for the terminally ill may be debated this year in State Parliament.

If the Death with Dignity Bill before Parliament makes voluntary euthanasia legal, Wanganui woman Lesley Martin should take most of the credit, Philip Nitschke says.

A judge Monday refused to set aside a guardian’s instructions for the care of 92-year-old Margaret Russell, a nursing home resident who has not been given any food or nutrients for five weeks.

Elderly Victoria woman faces assisted suicide charges in controversial case.From: Canada.com

A DECISION on whether charges will be laid against the 21 people who witnessed Gold Coast grandmother Nancy Crick commit suicide last year could be known within a month, Queensland’s Director of Public Prosecutions, Leanne Clare, said yesterday.

Voluntary euthanasia campaigner Lesley Martin, who has been charged with the attempted murder of her mother, will fight in court next week against a muzzling order.

Battlelines are being drawn over the right to die after a Wanganui woman was charged with attempted murder on the day legislation forcing a conscience vote on euthanasia was introduced to Parliament.

Prime Minister Helen Clark has come out in support of voluntary euthanasia as mercy killing comes back on to the political agenda.

ARRESTED: Euthanasia campaigner Lesley Martin was charged yesterday (06 March 2003) after the death of her mother, Joy, in 1999.

The case of 92-year-old Margaret Russell illustrates just how complicated end-of-life decisions can be.

Lord Joel Joffe – a retired human rights lawyer who defended Nelson Mandela – wants the right to assisted suicide enshrined on the statute book.

News Chronology of Case of Comatose Florida Woman Terri Schiavo. Judge Says Schiavo’s Feeding Tube Can Be Removed (Nov 22, 2002)