BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury Newsletter Signup World By Pritha Paul @ZiggyZina143 11/22/17 AT 5:09 AM Victoria is on the path to becoming the first Australian state to legalize assisted dying after the upper house Wednesday passed a bill aimed at helping the severely ill request assistance to end their lives.The landmark bill was approved 22 votes to 18 by MPs in the upper house after a grueling debate that lasted for over 28 hours. The final vote was cast at 4:10 p.m. Wednesday local time (12:10 a.m. EST Wednesday)Next, the bill is scheduled to be forwarded to the lower house for approval, as the “final step.”Supporters of the bill do not expect any complications in the lower house since members of the house already voted on the bill last month, passing it with a 47-37 vote, the Guardian reported. If and when cleared by the lower house, this bill comes to effect on June 19, 2019, after which terminally ill Victorians with less than six months to live can request a prescription for lethal drugs to end their life.The assisted dying bill was last visited in 1977, when Northern Territory briefly introduced the Terminally Ill Act, but which was overturned by the federal parliament.Gavin Jennings,… Read full this story
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