A Welsh professor of palliative medicine and cross-bench member of the House of Lords has arrived in New Zealand to challenge David Seymour's End of Life Choice Bill. <\/p>\n
Ilora Finlay says that the End of Life Choice Bill is dangerous because it isn't at all restrictive. Photo: RBZ <\/p>\n
The ACT leader's euthanasia bill was pulled from the members' ballot earlier this month to go before Parliament. <\/p>\n
The End of Life Choice Bill would allow for assisted dying in cases where people are terminally ill but still mentally sound. <\/p>\n
Ilora Finlay said that going by what had happened in Oregon and Belgium, the legalisation of assisted suicide in New Zealand would lead to 120 cases a year, while legalising euthanasia would lead to around 1200. <\/p>\n
Baroness Finlay said Mr Seymour's bill was dangerous. <\/p>\n
\"It isn't restrictive at all, it also goes beyond physician-assisted suicide and it goes to euthanasia, but you do fundamentally change the relationship between the doctor and the patient when you go down that road.\" <\/p>\n
Ilora Finlay will take part in a public panel discussion at Parliament on Wednesday. <\/p>\n
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