26-year-old Annaliese Holland will end her life within months through assisted suicide in Adelaide. Her story has been appearing in mainstream media, leading to concerns that her case is glamorising assisted suicide. An excerpt from an ABC news article and a video from news.com are provided below.

Even when a patient like Annaliese has to endure severe suffering, it is never morally justified for them to take their own life. Likewise, doctors who assists in such a case are killing their patients, rather than abiding by their oath to protect life.

It is tragic that instead of peacefully living out her final days with her friends and family, in a spirit of acceptance, Annaliese has been encouraged to take her own life.

From ABC news:

“Annaliese Holland will end her life within months through voluntary assisted dying in Adelaide. The 26-year-old has been living with Autoimmune Autonomic Ganglionopathy since she was 18….

“Deciding to access voluntary assisted dying would have seemed unusual, even for Annie, just a few years ago.

“I used to be one of those people who was actually against voluntary assisted dying,” she tells hack.

“It wasn’t until I got sick that my views on it completely changed.”

Annie says she only realised assisted dying was an option when she met Lily Thai, a 23-year-old also suffering AAG, who ended her life just months after South Australia’s voluntary assisted dying laws came into effect in 2023.”

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