Independent member of Parliament Alex Greenwich has introduced a bill that will kick-off debate around legalising euthanasia in Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales (NSW). Currently, NSW is the only state in the country—barring the territories—that has not legalised the practice. Greenwich, who represents the state-level electorate of Sydney—a progressive-leaning district—introduced the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 on Oct. 14, saying it would give dying individuals the “choice, comfort, dignity, and respect that they deserve.” The MP was also responsible for introducing laws that saw abortion legalised in NSW in 2019. “Without the option of voluntary assisted dying, people who receive bad news about their terminal prognosis live in fear and sadly the rate of death by suicide among people who are terminally ill is high,” according to Greenwich’s second reading speech. The Bill has 28 co-sponsors from across the political spectrum. NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet and Leader of …