When New Zealand’s euthanasia law was passed, we were promised strict safeguards. Now, a bombshell investigation by Voice for Life ( @voiceforlifenz3534 ) has revealed those safeguards aren’t worth the paper they’re written on. In this episode of Family Matters, Simon sits down with Lydia Posthuma, President of Voice for Life, to unpack a shocking case that has only recently come to light right here in New Zealand: a doctor used expired lethal drugs — prescribed to a different person — to kill a patient who hadn’t even been approved by the registrar. And the police decided not to prosecute. But it gets worse. Sixty lethal drug kits are unaccounted for. The compliance rate for returning euthanasia drugs was as low as 13%, though now improving. And while the ACT Party pushes to expand the law — removing the six-month prognosis, stripping conscience rights from doctors, and forcing hospices to allow euthanasia on their premises — no one is asking the real question: how many wrongful deaths are acceptable? We also discuss a horrifying case from the Netherlands where a dementia patient was sedated in their coffee and killed against their will, and what it could mean for New Zealand if advanced directives are quietly slipped into law. 🔔 Subscribe for more episodes on the issues that matter to New Zealand families. — #familymatters #familyfirstnz
