HAPPIER TIMES: Shirley Church and Kylie Monaghan photographed together on Kylie's wedding day. Photo supplied. <\/p>\n
When a voluntary assisted dying bill was passed in parliament earlier this month, it fulfilled the dying wishes of local women Kylie Monaghan, a key advocate in the movement. <\/p>\n
Kylie was the face of the 'Be the Bill' euthanasia advocacy campaign when similar laws were put up in South Australian Parliament in 2016. <\/p>\n
At just 29 years old, Kylie was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer and she died before seeing the latest Bill pass parliament. <\/p>\n
Kylie's mum Shirley Church says that she would have been happy and relieved that the bill finally received a \"yes\" in parliament earlier this month. <\/p>\n
\"She would have been pleased,\" she said. <\/p>\n
\"Pleased that everyone has done what they can for the campaign, and pleased to know since 2016 there have been a lot of politicians who have changed their minds.<\/p>\n
\"Pleased because it has been passed, knowing that it is going to be in place hopefully soon for people who really do need it. <\/p>\n
\"And mainly that politicians out there have had a change of heart. The number of politicians who supported it this time around was brilliant.<\/p>\n
\"I think they have realised that this change is needed in South Australia.\"<\/p>\n
Ms Church would like to think that Kylie's contribution to the cause helped changed the minds of people and politicians in the state.<\/p>\n
When the previous Bill was defeated in 2016 by only one vote, it was a rough time for the family, but the community showed its support. <\/p>\n
\"Even after 2016 when it was lost by one vote, after we got back to Port Pirie, I had people coming up and saying to me, 'that's terrible to lose by one vote',\" said Ms Church. <\/p>\n
\"They would just talk to me out of the blue about it.\"<\/p>\n
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