End of Life Choice Act 2019
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end-of-life-choice-act-2019-207-8842816
title:
End of Life Choice Act 2019
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The End of Life Choice Act 2019 is an Act of Parliament in New Zealand that gives people with a terminal illness the option of receiving assisted suicide or euthanasia. The act came into force on 7 November 2021, twelve months after the 2020 euthanasia referendum was declared in favour of the legislation. Political progress towards the act began in 2015, when ACT Party MP David Seymour entered it into the member's bill ballot. The bill passed its first reading in December 2017, its second readin
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Act of Parliament in New Zealand
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_of_Life_Choice_Act_2019
date created:
2018-03-06T10:15:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T02:11:00Z
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