The euthanasia debate is about to start in earnest

01/04/2019 17 min
The euthanasia debate is about to start in earnest

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Episode Synopsis

A series of public debates start tonight to discuss moves to legalise euthanasia, as new figures show a huge majority of people are against the idea.More than 90 per cent of Kiwis who made submissions on the euthanasia bill say no to assisted dying.The Care Alliance analysed virtually all of the more than 38,000 submissions made to Parliament's justice select committee on Act leader David Seymour's End of Life Choice Bill.And the Prime Minister has flown almost ten and a half thousand kilometres to Beijing, in an attempt to defrost the relationship with China.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.