'Just pass it': Husband shares wife's story ahead of voluntary assisted dying debate

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Daryl Beer recalls cancer wreaking 'ugly vengeance' on his wife Gwen, who sought relief under Victoria's assisted dying laws. He is pleading for Tasmanian MPs to pass similar legislation soon to be debated.

You could hardly write a sweeter opening scene for a silver-screen romance: man meets woman at dry cleaner, she cracks a funny joke, he's immediately smitten.Daryl Beer held his wife Gwen's hand as she passed away in an assisted death in VictoriaThe Upper House bill is likely to get a tough reception in the Lower House later this year

Voluntary assisted dying laws passed in Victoria in 2017 enabled Mrs Beer to die at home when she felt ready in June this year. Tasmania's upcoming voluntary assisted dying debate is the first initiated in the Legislative Council but the fourth on the issue since 2009. In both Victoria and WA and in the Tasmanian bill, the legislation requires or would require that participating patients are at least 18, and acting voluntarily.

 

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