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    The 2020 New Zealand euthanasia referendum was a binding referendum held in New Zealand on 17 October 2020, on the question of whether to legalise euthanasia...
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  • Euthanasia became legal in New Zealand when the End of Life Choice Act 2019 took full effect on 7 November 2021. It is illegal to "aid and abet suicide"...
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    The 2020 New Zealand cannabis referendum was a non-binding referendum held on 17 October 2020 in conjunction with the 2020 general election and a euthanasia...
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    broadly oppose euthanasia. As of 2024[update], euthanasia is legal in Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal...
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  • Some forms of voluntary euthanasia are legal in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Spain. Voluntary refusal...
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    easily pass the referendum." The act was approved in the 2020 New Zealand euthanasia referendum, which was held in conjunction with the 2020 general election...
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  • Active euthanasia is illegal in Switzerland (administration by a third-party), but supplying the means for dying is legal (assisted suicide), as long as...
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    End of Life Choice Act 2019 (category Euthanasia in New Zealand)
    act came into force on 7 November 2021, twelve months after the 2020 euthanasia referendum was declared in favour of the legislation. Political progress...
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    7 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020. "Euthanasia bill to go to referendum after knife-edge vote in Parliament". The New Zealand Herald. 23 October...
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    Referendums (or referenda) are held only occasionally by the Government of New Zealand. Referendums may be government-initiated or held in accordance...
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    which aimed to legalise euthanasia in New Zealand. The law passed in 2019, was approved by the public in a 2020 referendum, and took full effect in 2021...
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  • Steve Maina (category Use New Zealand English from March 2024)
    September 2020, Maina joined a coalition of other Christian leaders calling on voters to vote no in the ultimately successful 2020 New Zealand euthanasia referendum...
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  • Parliament. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.[permanent dead link] "Euthanasia bill passes final vote, goes to referendum". The New Zealand Herald. 13 November...
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  • Abortion in New Zealand is available within the framework of the Abortion Legislation Act 2020, which entirely eliminated the criminal status of abortion...
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    October 2017). "New Zealand Govt to hold cannabis referendum". NORML New Zealand. MacManus, Joel (23 July 2020). "Cannabis referendum: The arguments for...
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    seen as an advancement towards republicanism. During the 2020 New Zealand euthanasia referendum, Key publicly expressed support for the End of Life Choice...
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  • 2020 2020 New Zealand general election 17 October 2020 2020 New Zealand cannabis referendum 17 October 2020 2020 New Zealand euthanasia referendum 17 October...
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    May 2020. "New Zealand election: Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party scores landslide win". BBC News. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2021. "Referendum Results"...
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    enrolled on the unpublished roll. The votes in the cannabis referendum and the euthanasia referendum were counted after election day, with preliminary results...
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  • Lecretia Seales (category Euthanasia in New Zealand)
    Yes vote in the 2020 New Zealand End of Life Choice Referendum. Official results for the referendum were announced on 6 November 2020, with 65.1% of voters...
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    July 1970) is a New Zealand politician and former business executive who has been serving as the 42nd prime minister of New Zealand since 2023, previously...
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  • 2020, separate referendums were held to decide whether or not to legalise euthanasia in New Zealand and recreational cannabis in New Zealand. The results...
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    Assisted suicide (category Euthanasia)
    necessary. Assisted suicide was decriminalised after a binding referendum in 2020 on New Zealand's End of Life Choice Act 2019. The legislation provided for...
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  • Cannabis) Amendment Bill". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2018. "Referendum preliminary results: Yes to euthanasia reform, no to cannabis"...
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    voted 63 votes to 57 to have the issue of euthanasia decided by a referendum at the next election. New Zealand First's members had stated that they would...
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    Jenny Marcroft (category Unsuccessful candidates in the 2020 New Zealand general election)
    Marcroft". New Zealand Parliament. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019. Jancic, Boris (23 October 2019). "Euthanasia bill to go to referendum after...
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    and Constitutional Referendum Tajikistan, President 17 October: New Zealand, Parliament and Referendums on cannabis and euthanasia 18 October: Bolivia...
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    Kieran McAnulty (category Candidates in the 2020 New Zealand general election)
    twice. He voted "yes" in both the 2020 New Zealand cannabis referendum and the 2020 New Zealand euthanasia referendum. Regarding the conflict between his...
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    Jack Kevorkian (category Euthanasia activists)
    Kevorkian (May 26, 1928 – June 3, 2011) was an American pathologist and euthanasia proponent. He publicly championed a terminal patient's right to die by...
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  • voluntary euthanasia. The End of Life Choice Act passed after a binding referendum was held alongside the New Zealand general election 2020 by a margin...
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