A Perth woman is calling on the federal Attorney General to ban a book written by euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke. Sally Doyle’s sister, Erin Berg, who was not terminally ill, became suicidal after the breakdown of her marriage and the birth of her fourth child. Ms Doyle says her sister borrowed one of Mr Nitschke’s books from a public library and travelled to Mexico to purchase a drug restricted from sale within Australia. She died ten days later. Ms Doyle says she wants the book withdrawn from sale in Australia.
Abortion Supervisory Committee to appeal Abortion Judicial Review Judgment to Court of Appeal.
Crown counsel acting for the Abortion Supervisory Committee has advised that the Committee has lodged an appeal with the Court of Appeal. This appeal is from the judgment of Justice Forrest Miller delivered on 9 June 2008 at the completion of a Judicial Review of the Abortion Supervisory Committee in the High Court in Wellington. The judgment found that “there is reason to doubt the lawfulness of many abortions authorised by certifying consultants. Indeed the Committee itself has stated that the law is being used more liberally than Parliament intended”.Justice Miller stated that ; “In my opinion , the statistics and the Committee’s comments over the years since the Court of Appeal made that observation do give rise to powerful misgivings about the lawfulness of many abortions.