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Latest news: Voluntary Assisted Dying surveyEthical Rights is currently surveying voluntary euthanasia advocates on many of the ethical, policy/regulatory and individual considerations that arise in the public debate on voluntary assisted dying (VAD).Respondents’ views are being sought on many issues, including for example, whether VAD should be a human right for all adults, whether being terminally ill should be a necessary eligibility criterion for regulated VAD, and whether doctors have a role, if any, in assisted dying.The survey will also expand the VAD debate by seeking respondents’ views on whether there are any conditions that could make a person automatically ineligible for voluntary assisted dying, such as being a convicted criminal or having dementia.The survey is open to supporters of voluntary assisted dying, i.e. members ofExit International, Dying with Dignity organisations, Voluntary Euthanasia societies in Australia and overseas, and organisations affiliated with theWorld Federation of Right to Die Societies. The survey will continue to remain open from August 2020 to allow more people time to complete the survey while COVID-19 has disrupted societies and to allow more organisations sufficient time to distribute the survey to members. Some high-level analysis and aggregated results should be available on this website within three months of the survey's closure, likely early 2021. More detailed results will be provided to VAD organisations.Survey updates will be posted here.The survey will be used to: inform all VAD organisations on members’ views; allow cogent arguments to be made to politicians, media etc; be the basis for a longitudinal VAD study; encourage VAD supporters to think more about VAD issues; and broaden the VAD debate as appropriate. The survey responses could also form the basis of a data chapter in a pro-VAD book.All survey responses are confidential. Comments/queries can be also posted on theEthical Rights facebook page.David Swanton developed this survey, taking on board comments from colleagues inExit Internationaland Dying with Dignity organisations in Australia and elsewhere. David is grateful to Exit International for encouraging the survey's development and for providing survey resources. David would like to acknowledge the excellent advice and support provided by Dr Wendy Gunthorpe,Straight Talk Consulting, on the survey methodology.Ethical Rights OverviewEthical Rights was established to challenge people to think more rationally about important ethical and science related issues. More people might then make better decisions about issues affecting themselves, other people and the world.Public debate on issues ranging from euthanasia to discrimination to climate change has too often been ill-informed. Consider as an example, that some politicians have used religious ideology, unsupported by evidence, for rejecting the progressive and informed views that would improve the lives of individuals, the world's climate and betterment of human society. In any conflict between rights, the religious views of one group cannot be forced onto other groups. This follows from the observations thatmost people don't want others' religious views forced on them, andpeople should not treat others in ways that they would not like to be treated.This website contains short articles and larger papers that address important issues.The Articles link includes some general and media contributions, such as Religion and Politics, which is critical of the mainly religion-linked objections to climate change and euthanasia policies, andTime for euthanasia to be regulated,whichprovides a strong case for legislated voluntary assisted dying. A comprehensive set of responses toVoluntary Euthanasia Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)addresses the most common questions that are asked of euthanasia advocates. The FAQs are structured according to the ERIC (Ethical, Regulatory, Individual Considerations) framework that has been developed by Ethical Rights.The Articles link also includes more detailed submissions, most often submitted to government inquiries, on issues including human rights, discrimination, equality, euthanasia, freedom of religion amongst others. Papers are also provided on science matters ranging from fuel quality (Better Fuel for Cleaner Air) to human cloning.Ethical Rights also offers consultancy services on ethical and science-based issues. We hope you find the information on this site useful, challenging and stimulating.

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