Reject Assisted Suicide

Say No to Euthanasia in New Zealand

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20 Reasons To Vote NO

Here’s 20 great reasons why you should tick the NO box in the upcoming referendum on legalising euthanasia. Nothing in the proposed law guarantees the protection required for
vulnerable people, including the disabled, elderly, depressed or anxious, and those who feel themselves to be a burden or who are under financial pressure. Don’t let New Zealand make a euthanasia / assisted suicide mistake.

We’re Speaking Up In The Public Debate

Read our Media Releases which have the common theme of opposing any attempt to legalise assisted suicide / euthanasia in New Zealand, and which call for the provision of the highest quality palliative care to be made available to all New Zealanders.

Killing Me Softly

Professor Rex Ahdar’s report on the history of the euthanasia debate in New Zealand warns of the potential for even greater levels of elder abuse if euthanasia were to be decriminalised in New Zealand.

DOWNLOAD PDF of the “20 Reasons to Vote No to Euthanasia in 2020”

Latest News

May 3, 2021 in Recent News

Euthanasia: Are we ready for legalised assisted dying in New Zealand?

NZ Herald 1 May 2021 Family First Comment: We never will be – because its fundamentally unsafe. But here are additional concerns: * We lack clarity around how health practitioner…

April 22, 2021 in Recent News

Only 10 percent of health workers ‘definitely willing’ to carry out euthanasia – survey

Radio NZ News 22 April 2021 Family First Comment: No surprises in this. It’s a bit like very few doctors wanting to perform abortions. Medical professionals never entered the profession…

April 20, 2021 in Recent News

Distressing death warning for ‘unregulated’ euthanasia drugs

Radio NZ News 20 April 2021 Family First Comment: Here comes a flawed dangerous regime with unintended adverse consequences (which the public weren’t fully informed about)... "There have been concerns expressed…

April 19, 2021 in Recent News, Videos

Government agrees people with mental illness should have access to euthanasia (Canada)

The Canadian Press 23 February 2021 Family First Comment: No slippery slope? Dream on. The Trudeau government has agreed with the Senate that Canadians suffering solely from grievous and irremediable mental…

About Us

Reject Assisted Suicide NZ is a program of Family First NZ. Our goal is to stop the legalisation of assisted suicide in New Zealand because if assisted suicide (euthanasia) is legalised, it would place large numbers of vulnerable Kiwis at risk.

Safe euthanasia is a myth. Safeguards, while sounding good, would not guarantee the protection required for vulnerable people including the disabled, elderly, depressed or anxious, and those who feel themselves to be a burden or who are under financial pressure.