Some countries that have addressed this issue are: Australia: Their Northern Territory passed a law on 1995-MAY-25 which was assented to on 1995-JUN-16. 1 It permitted active euthanasia, under careful controls, when certain prerequisites are met. The Northern Territory consists of about 1/6 the land mass of Australia but only has a population of about 168,000 people. The law started as a private member's bill Rights of the Terminally Ill Bill 1995, sponsored by Marshall Perron. It was opposed …showed first 75 words of 2521 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2521 total…of the situation in South Africa. Despite the thousands of people who stood up against abortion and against the legalizing of euthanasia, the government just continues to do what they have in mind to do. We get the impression that irrespective of what the people say, irrespective of what scientific facts are put to the government, even in Parliament, there are some people who have set their minds on killing babies and bringing in euthanasia."