Cancer patient is first to die under Victoria euthanasia law

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Daughters say death of Kerry Robertson, 61, was a ‘beautiful, positive experience’

A woman with cancer has become the first person to end her life under voluntary assisted dying laws in the Australian state of Victoria.

 

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hard one.

Don’t know what to say, other than sorry

It's a great kindness to be able to die with dignity! It should be considered a human right!

Oddly this article does not explain how the process was administered - and other coverage has been similarly coy. It appears as though she was given, effectively, a suicide pill and told to take it herself:

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