Assisted dying will become legal in New Zealand in a year — what has to happen now?
- Written by Jeanne Snelling, Lecturer, University of Otago
www.shutterstock.comThe preliminary results of New Zealand’s referendum on the End of Life Choice Act were conclusive. Some 65.2% of voters supported the law coming into force, while 33.8% opposed it.
Although around 480,000 special votes are still to be counted, the margin is so great there is no chance these will alter the final outcome....
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