Photo: ODT filesDeputy Prime Minister Bill English's wife Mary has made a rare foray into politics to urge Parliament not to legalise euthanasia. Legalising euthanasia would be "unsafe" for people at risk of suicide, for her disabled patients, and for doctors, she said. English spoke of the potentially "divisive" impact of a euthanasia law change on the medical profession. "The issue of medically-assisted dying ... would set colleague against colleague, family member against family member, colleague against family members." 'YOU DON'T KNOW UNLESS YOU'RE THERE'Another submitter, Hugh Barnes, also supported a law change because of the "endless, pointless suffering" of his wife Val, who had debilitating multiple sclerosis.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 07, 2016 02:38 UTC