{"id":3921,"date":"2018-02-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.dignitas.bertastrasse1.ch\/news\/dignitas-news-en-273\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T17:24:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T15:24:20","slug":"new-zealand-public-inquiry-on-end-of-life-choice-bill-and-dignitas-submission","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/news\/new-zealand-public-inquiry-on-end-of-life-choice-bill-and-dignitas-submission\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand public inquiry on \u201cEnd of Life Choice Bill\u201d and DIGNITAS submission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">In New Zealand, MP David Seymour introduced the \u201cEnd of Life Choice Bill\u201d (Bill 269-1) which gives people with a terminal illness or a grievous and irremediable medical condition the option of requesting assisted dying. In response to the public inquiry by the Justice Committee of the Parliament of New Zealand, DIGNITAS &#8211; To live with dignity &#8211; To die with dignity handed in a submission. This complements DIGNITAS\u2019 earlier submission in response to the investigation into ending one\u2019s life in New Zealand based on the petition no. 2014\/18 of Hon Maryan Street and 8,974 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.nz\/en\/pb\/bills-and-laws\/bills-proposed-laws\/document\/BILL_74307\/end-of-life-choice-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website of the New Zealand Parliament <span style=\"color: #333333;\">(Link)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/stories\/pdf\/diginpublic\/stellungnahme-submission-end-of-life-choice-bill-newzealand-27022018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submission by DIGNITAS &#8211; To live with dignity &#8211; To die with dignity <span style=\"color: #333333;\">(PDF)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In New Zealand, MP David Seymour introduced the \u201cEnd of Life Choice Bill\u201d (Bill 269-1) which gives people with a terminal illness or a grievous and irremediable medical condition the option of requesting assisted dying. In response to the public inquiry by the Justice Committee of the Parliament of New Zealand, DIGNITAS &#8211; To live [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[644],"class_list":["post-3921","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","tag-new-zealand"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dignitas.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}