       Document 0362
 DOCN  M9590362
 TI    Euthanasia.
 DT    9509
 AU    Moore M; ACT Legislative Assembly, Canberra.
 SO    Annu Conf Australas Soc HIV Med. 1994 Nov 3-6;6:130 (unnumbered
       abstract). Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ASHM6/95291737
 AB    In 1991 I raised the issued of active euthanasia for debate in the first
       ACT Legislative Assembly as a Matter of Public Importance. That issue
       was debated at length at the time and then became part of my policy
       prior to the 1992 Election. In 1993 I presented to the ACT Legislative
       Assembly the Voluntary and Natural Death Bill. This Bill attempted to
       find an appropriate path between the policy of the ACT Labor Party for
       voluntary, active euthanasia and that of the Michael Moore Independent
       Group. The Bill was immediately referred to the Select Committee on
       Euthanasia and I was duly elected Chair of that Committee. The Committee
       called for submissions and received in the first instance over 100
       submissions on the issue. The Committee chose to make those submissions
       public and called for further submissions which could then comment on
       the first set of submissions. The Committee's final report adopted a
       passive euthanasia approach and recommended the introduction of the
       Medical Treatment Bill into the Assembly and withdrawal of the Voluntary
       and Natural Death Bill. I withdrew the Bill in accordance with the
       Committee's recommendations and introduced the Medical Treatment Bill.
       The Medical Treatment Bill was debated in the Assembly in
       August/September and is expected to be concluded in October of this
       year. It provides for passive euthanasia but also provides for advanced
       directive and a reasonable right to adequate pain relief. I have
       indicated that I will seek to reintroduce active euthanasia legislation
       in the next ACT Assembly in 1995. I will address the problems of
       changing health policy, focussing on the practical barriers to the
       introduction of both active and passive euthanasia legislation, the
       challenges that have been faced so far and the prospects for future
       change.
 DE    *Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/THERAPY  Advance
       Directives/*LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD  Australia  Euthanasia/*LEGISLATION
       & JURISPRUD  Euthanasia, Passive/*LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD  Human
       Terminal Care/*LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD  MEETING ABSTRACT

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