Lautoka-based Christian human rights lawyer Sabrina Khan-Sharma says a proposed New South Wales Bill in Australia to legalise assisted suicide would help the state foresee the issues to come if assisted suicide became a part of law.
She made the comment in her response to a panel discussion hosted by Family Voice Australia’s state director for New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Greg Bondar.
Ms Khan-Sharma, the only Fijian lawyer invited to participate in the online discussion, was among panellists which included executive director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Alex Schoenberg, Minister for Parliament’s Kevin Connolly and Professor John Whitehall from the Christian Medical and Dental Fellowship of Australia.
“It’s only been legalized in Canada for five years and there are already a myriad of problems such as Joan Rohoway’s forced MAiD and the Candice Lewis case who recovered despite doctors saying she won’t and how the doctors kept pressuring her towards assisted suicide and more,” she said.
“It is indeed concerning to hear the Canadian and American instances of families unable to pursue lines of prosecution due to so-called ‘Privacy’ Laws which hinder any possibility of due process.
“I am referring to Alan Nickle’s case and his family’s plight with The Fraser Health Authority. Mr Schoenberg is correct to say that it is important for us to call it what it is.
“It is an act of allowing one person to kill another and I cannot accept this in any way”.
They all shared views to oppose MP Alex Greenwich’s proposal of The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill which has also been aired on Youtube.
