Coroner opens up high profile assisted suicide case

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A coroner’s report has opened up a high profile suicide case to fresh scrutiny with details of the events that led up to an Auckland woman’s death.

The case of Audrey Wallis, who died in August 2007, has drawn attention to the issue of euthanasia after an American woman claimed in a TV documentary she had travelled to New Zealand to help her die.

tvnz.co.nz/national-news/coroner-opens-up-high-profile-assisted-suicide-case-4664957

This assisted suicide case is just so totally tragic and unnecessary. It is so very sad that this happened. The article says that the reason for the woman’s assisted suicide was depression:

Wilson said in the programme that she had travelled to New Zealand to assist a woman in her 50’s, suffering from depression, to commit suicide and had received a cash payment.

And that is the part that really disgusts me. Euthanasia should not be allowed for any reason whatsoever. I think it is especially tragic though if it is used just because someone has depression. The reason is because depression is a very treatable illness. I have depression and I have been treated for several years for it and with much success. Yes, I still get depressed from time to time but the depression is not nearly as bad as it would be without the medicine and therapy and in general I am getting better. Medication and therapy would have helped this woman too and even if it didn’t, there are other options available to treat depression. Euthanasia is totally unnecessary in this case and in my belief, unacceptable.

That said, we must pray for nations that allow euthanasia/“assisted suicide” and we also must pray for those who want this procedure done. Prayer can work wonders and if we all pray, I am sure God can work a mighty work in this area.