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Euthanasia Referendum Result Extremely Disappointing
Friday, 30 October 2020, 3:34 pm | The Care Alliance
“The voters of New Zealand have spoken, and we are naturally extremely disappointed with the outcome of the End of Life Choice Act Referendum,” Care Alliance spokesperson Doctor Sinead Donnelly says. “This is not ... More >>
Doctors’ Open Letter Gets 1,000th Signature
Wednesday, 17 April 2019, 11:08 am | The Care Alliance
Organiser Dr Sinead Donnelly, a Wellington-based Palliative Medicine specialist, says she is humbled by the response. “We started with just a very simple one-page website and it has snowballed through word of mouth and social media.” More >>
Multiple risks of legalising euthanasia
Monday, 10 December 2018, 2:18 pm | The Care Alliance
A new information campaign highlighting the risks of legalising euthanasia was launched today at a public meeting in Christchurch. More >>
Significant increase in opposition to euthanasia
Monday, 10 December 2018, 2:16 pm | The Care Alliance
There has been a significant increase in opposition to the legalisation of euthanasia, according to Peter Thirkell, Secretary of the Care Alliance. More >>
Questions Remain for Justice Select Committee
Friday, 16 November 2018, 3:01 pm | The Care Alliance
Significant questions remain for the Justice Select Committee as it finishes hearing oral evidence from more than 2,000 New Zealanders on the End of Life Choice Bill. More >>
New Zealand must place care over fear
Wednesday, 13 June 2018, 2:42 pm | The Care Alliance
“David Seymour’s Bill is built on fear, whereas true care is built on hope,” says Dr Peter Thirkell, Care Alliance Secretary. More >>
Court case proves euthanasia safeguards aren't there
Tuesday, 20 March 2018, 8:51 am | The Care Alliance
“The current landmark court case in Canada again reinforces the fact that laws legalising euthanasia cannot provide safeguards that work,” says Dr Peter Thirkell, Care Alliance Secretary. More >>
New Zealanders’ right to democratic process
Wednesday, 21 February 2018, 11:44 am | The Care Alliance
The Care Alliance calls on the Justice Select Committee to make an official media announcement about the extended submission period for the End of Life Choice Bill. Care Alliance Secretary, Dr Peter Thirkell, is concerned that the general public ... More >>
Care Alliance welcomes upcoming debate on EOLC Bill
Wednesday, 13 December 2017, 10:42 pm | The Care Alliance
The Care Alliance welcomes the upcoming debate about euthanasia and assisted suicide in New Zealand following the decision by MPs to move David Seymour’s End of Life Choice bill through to Select Committee. More >>
Care Alliance Welcomes Health Select Committee Report
Wednesday, 2 August 2017, 4:37 pm | The Care Alliance
The Care Alliance has welcomed the report of the Health Select Committee’s investigation into the desire to end one’s life, which was tabled in the House today. More >>
‘Ten Questions For David Seymour’ Campaign
Wednesday, 12 July 2017, 11:26 am | The Care Alliance
The Care Alliance today launched a campaign highlighting ten key questions MPs need to ask about David Seymour’s End of Life Choice Bill. More >>
Euthanasia advocates’ survey still shabby, still wrong
Friday, 2 June 2017, 4:39 pm | The Care Alliance
Matthew Jansen, Secretary of the Care Alliance, says he is disappointed that the New Zealand Medical Journal has chosen to publish an article by Phillipa Malpas, Mike Wilson and Pam Oliver based on their flawed 2015 survey. More >>
Health Select Committee: 77% Oppose Euthanasia
Friday, 5 May 2017, 1:53 pm | The Care Alliance
Analysis of 21,277 submissions to the Health Select Committee’s investigation into end of life issues shows that 16,411 opposed the legalisation of euthanasia, while 4,142 supported legalisation. More >>
Maryan Street should unequivocally reject ExitAction
Thursday, 15 December 2016, 1:42 pm | The Care Alliance
The Care Alliance has called on Maryan Street, President of the Voluntary Euthanasia Society, to unequivocally and immediately reject Philip Nitschke’s plan to launch ExitAction in New Zealand. More >>
Hague just treated 21,435 New Zealanders with utter contempt
Thursday, 22 September 2016, 1:50 pm | The Care Alliance
“Kevin Hague just treated 21,435 New Zealanders with utter contempt,” says Matthew Jansen, Secretary of the Care Alliance. “On 23 June 2015 Mr Hague stood on the steps of Parliament to receive a petition asking for an investigation of public attitudes ... More >>
Belgian child euthanased: what do New Zealand advocates say?
Monday, 19 September 2016, 8:40 am | The Care Alliance
The Care Alliance is calling on all New Zealand advocates of euthanasia and assisted suicide – including David Seymour MP, Maryan Street and Matt Vickers – to declare whether they support the euthanasia of a child in Belgium last week. More >>
Care Alliance to appear before Health Select Committee
Tuesday, 13 September 2016, 2:07 pm | The Care Alliance
The Care Alliance will make its oral submission to the Health Select Committee’s investigation into ending one’s life in New Zealand on Wednesday 14 September. More >>
Officials should provide full analysis of public submissions
Friday, 12 August 2016, 4:14 pm | The Care Alliance
Matthew Jansen, Secretary of the Care Alliance, has called on Health Select Committee officials to provide a full analysis of the public submissions received in response to Maryan Street’s petition. More >>
Euthanasia research paper is a “shabby conclusion"
Tuesday, 10 May 2016, 12:37 pm | The Care Alliance
Matthew Jansen, Secretary of the Care Alliance, has questioned the value of a Government-funded study by University of Auckland researchers Phillipa Malpas and Pam Oliver into attitudes of New Zealand doctors and nurses to the legalisation of so-called ‘assisted dying’. More >>
Canada shows that assisted suicide is a cliff
Friday, 22 April 2016, 1:38 pm | The Care Alliance
John Kleinsman, Chair of the Care Alliance, says that Canada is providing a stark warning that “assisted suicide is a cliff, not a slippery slope”. More >>
