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It is now legal to let someone die, and there are different forms of euthanasia accepted. Active euthanasia is legal in Oregon, Washington, Vermont, California, one county in New Mexico, and Montana, whereas passive euthanasia is practiced all over the US.
The End of Life Choice Act 2019, which came into force last month, was enacted “to give persons who have a terminal illness and who meet certain criteria the option of lawfully requesting medical assistance to end their lives; and to establish a lawful process for assisting eligible persons who exercise that option.”
The Health Ministry responded to a request for clarification regarding provisions of the Act, declaring that “in some circumstances a person with COVID-19 may be eligible for assisted dying,” the Catholic Herald reported last week.
The request for clarification under New Zealand’s Official Information Act came from Henoch Kloosterboer, editor of an anti-euthanasia website called The Defender, and was worded as follows:
“Could a patient who is severely hospitalised with Covid-19 potentially be eligible for assisted suicide or euthanasia under the Act if a health practitioner viewed their prognosis as less than 6 months?”
The Ministry of Health said that the determination of eligibility is made by medical personnel and could include a person suffering from the coronavirus. Its official response reads:
There are clear eligibility criteria for assisted dying. These include that a person must have a terminal illness that is likely to end their life within six months.
A terminal illness is most often a prolonged disease where treatment is not effective. The EOLC Act states eligibility is determined by the attending medical practitioner (AMP), and the independent medical practitioner.
Eligibility is determined on a case-by-case basis; therefore, the Ministry cannot make definitive statements about who is eligible. In some circumstances a person with COVID-19 may be eligible for assisted dying.
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