Euthanasia Safeguards Breached: "Patient Had Already Died"

Tim Wilson from the Maxim Institute discusses a troubling breach of New Zealand's euthanasia law, revealed by pro-life group Voices for Life, amid a proposed ACT bill that would remove the current six-month terminal prognosis requirement for assisted dying.

Wilson details a March 2024 case where a doctor administered euthanasia before a mandatory Health New Zealand compliance review was completed, using expired drugs prescribed to another patient, with the breach only surfacing after the patient had already died. He warns that wider audits show most lethal drug kits aren't returned within the required 14 days, and argues that police declining to prosecute does not mean no wrongdoing occurred - raising concerns about weakening safeguards further while existing ones are already being bypassed ([www.maxim.org.nz](https://www.maxim.org.nz)).

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