Former Prime Minister Sir John Key says he will vote to legalise euthanasia in New Zealand because of the harrowing impact his mother's Alzheimer's had on her final months. Key said he couldn't have made that choice for his mum, but he wanted the option to make it for himself. Because in the end, I don't know if I would want my family to actually look at me like that." Former Prime Minister Sir John Key. Clark's statement came after her former finance minister Sir Michael Cullen publicly threw his weight behind the legalisation of assisted dying in certain circumstances.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 14, 2020 08:46 UTC