Our trip to the city
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (388118)
Rockingham, Australia
July 12, 2026 3:13am CST
Yesterday, we caught the bus to the train station, then caught the train to Perth where we caught another bus and eventually walked a short distance to an art gallery. There was a photographic exhibition that we wanted to see. The photos were all taken by the one person who had also produced a book of the prints together with the stories of the subjects.
The photos were all on the subject of VAD, Voluntary Assisted Dying. VAD is legal in all our states but not in the Northern Territory. I’m not sure why it’s not legal there. They were the first to allow it but the decision was overruled by the Commonwealth.
There was also a video presentation that we could watch. The photos were very powerful with short texts about the subject and their story. Most had inoperable cancers and some had motor neurone disease.
I’ll tell you about the rest of our day in another post.
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I think, I can't watch such kind of presentation.
@snowy22315 (212786)
• United States
12 Jul
It is legal in a few states here, but should be legal in all I think.
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@Juliaacv (57419)
• Canada
12 Jul
@JudyEv Not all are.
And if you have the presence of mind to sign a DNR order, then why not a MAID order as well?
It doesn't necessarily mean that they could exercise it tomorrow.
I have a DNR order, and I have told my next of kin that if I am left with an ailment without a cure, and they cannot determine if I am or am not in pain, then they can turn to MAID.
That is how my mother passed away, and it was gentle and peaceful.
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@teamfreak16 (46550)
• Denver, Colorado
12 Jul
Ooh, that's another hot button over here. Doctor Kervorkian and all that.
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@JudyEv (388118)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jul
I'll have to check out Kervorkian. There are lots of hoops to jump through here if you want to go down that path. It's not easy to get permission. As for euthanasia - you're not even permitted to talk about it on the phone here although how they enforce that I don't know.
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@teamfreak16 (46550)
• Denver, Colorado
12 Jul
@JudyEv - Yeah, how do they enforce that? Monitor calls for mentions of euthanasia? 
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@JudyEv (388118)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Jul
@teamfreak16 You'd have to wonder, wouldn't you? Some were importing Nembutal from South American countries but that's a big no-no too and can result in gaol terms and fines.
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@valherma00 (5346)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
13 Jul
i didn't know it was mostly legal in your country. in croatia, you can't even get an abortion cause doctors refuse to help women due to their conscience call, as they call it. and this, no way. i support this cause, people really need help and experts, especially doctors, should recognise people's suffering more and their right as patients. also, very dedicated of you to see this exhibition.
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@valherma00 (5346)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
20 Jul
@JudyEv i hope so too. i also don't like how doctors are becoming so brutal and don't know how to communicate with patients; they are treating us like tools, not people so, you are right. maybe one day.
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@sissy15 (13435)
• United States
15 Jul
It's legal in some of the states here, but not in the majority. I think it's because it's controversial. People struggle to say goodbye to their family members, even if they are already dying; they want more time with them, which I can understand, but a lot of the time, those people are suffering. I understand both sides of the argument.
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@RasmaSandra (100809)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
12 Jul
Would seem rather overwhelming to me,
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@JudyEv (388118)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jul
If you are in terrible pain, have a terminal illness and are going to die soon anyway, you might choose to die before things get worse. As well as saving yourself a lot of pain and maybe having someone look after all your needs - wearing nappies or having bags for your waste - it might be easier on your family as well as yourself.
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