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(Right to Life UK<\/a>) Elderly and vulnerable people in Australia have resorted to ending their lives by euthanasia rather than endure long delays on a waitlist to get the support they need to live with a condition.<\/p>\n

A number of stories of sick and elderly people in Australia ending their lives using the state\u2019s euthanasia and assisted suicide laws have come to light. During a\u00a0segment<\/a>\u00a0on Ben Fordham\u2019s 2GB show on Thursday morning (5 December), one caller, Mark, explained that his mother ended her life by euthanasia because she could not continue waiting for home care.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mum suffered severe COPD [chronic obstructive pulmonary disease] for several years while she was waiting for an upgraded package\u201d, Mark told the program.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer pride wouldn\u2019t allow any of her boys to take care of her or to bathe her so she got approved for the assisted dying and actually a few months ago proceeded with (it)\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe passed while waiting for the upgraded package\u201d.<\/p>\n

MyAgedCare<\/a>\u00a0is the government-funded home care support system, which allows Australians to access support in their own home, including nursing, food preparation, cleaning and help with personal hygiene.<\/p>\n

This shocking case is not an isolated event. Just\u00a0last month<\/a>, another Australian, Cyril Tooze, ended his life by euthanasia due to the long wait for in-home care, according to reports.<\/p>\n

Tooze, 86, was approved for the highest level of home care assistance under the MyAgedCare program earlier this year due to his lung and heart illnesses.<\/p>\n

READ: \u2018PREVENTABLE\u2019: How pro-abortion media is weaponizing reporting on maternal deaths<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

However, the man from Adelaide was given a nine-month wait time, even though he had no one to care for him. A backlog of demand increased this waiting time further and he ended his life by euthanasia after he was admitted to hospital following a fall at home. He weighed just 46kg when his life was ended.<\/p>\n

Evidence of \u201cself-coercion\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the Second Reading debate on Friday 29 November, Danny Kruger MP drew attention to how the Leadbeater\u2019s assisted suicide Bill would facilitate someone\u2019s suicide, if they are thought to have less than six months to live, in cases where there may be delays in medical treatment.<\/p>\n

Kruger\u00a0referred<\/a>\u00a0to self-coercion, as opposed to external coercion from others such as family and the state, as the \u201cbigger danger\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Bill has nothing to say on that. Internal pressure is absolutely fine. If you feel worthless or a burden to others, if the NHS will not offer you the treatment you need, if the local authority will not make the adjustments you need to your home, if you have to wait too long for a hospital appointment, or if you want to die because you think the system has failed you, that is absolutely fine\u201d, he\u00a0said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Diane Abbott also\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0\u201cIf the Bill passes, we will have the NHS as a 100% funded suicide service, but palliative care will be funded only at 30% at best\u201d.<\/p>\n

Spokesperson for Right To Life UK, Catherine Robinson, said \u201cThese awful stories of elderly people being euthanised because they are facing an extended wait for home care are a terrible omen of what we can expect in England and Wales should assisted suicide be legalisedl. Leadbeater\u2019s Bill permits any adult of sound mind to be provided with state assistance in suicide, should they be thought to have six months or less to live. There is nothing in her Bill that prevents someone from ending their life rather than waiting for healthcare\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe assisted dying regime in Australia is not the utopia it is sometimes made out to be as these stories illustrate. Vulnerable people are ending their lives because of poor healthcare. Our own Health Secretary has\u00a0described<\/a>\u00a0the NHS as \u201cbroken\u201d, and it seems likely that these appalling cases in Australia will also occur here\u201d.<\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: This article was originaly published at Right to Life UK<\/a> and is printed here with permission.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Tell President Trump, RFK, Jr., Elon, and Vivek: Stop killing America\u2019s future.<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Defund Planned Parenthood NOW!<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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