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Voluntary Assisted Dying Threatens Aged Care Presence in Anglican Church

perating under its Anglican Community Services branch, the church has advised its New South Wales facilities to discourage residents from accessing VAD through a “strategy of minimum compliance.” With no legal grounding to explicitly deny residents access to information regarding VAD, the Anglican Church will only refer residents to relevant healthcare professionals, according to (SMH). All staff have otherwise been told to refuse participation in facilitating VAD.

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