No euthanasia talk at Otago
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007
Late last week the Otago Daily Times reported that euthanasia campaigner Lesley Martin has been barred from holding a public meeting at the University of Otago.
University vice-chancellor Prof. David Skegg said, “The University of Otago encourages academic debate on ethical matters such as euthanasia, but it is not obliged to provide a base for advocacy groups wishing to promote behaviour that is illegal in this country.”
He didn’t mention how you’re supposed to have the debate to legalise something if one side of the argument is banned for promoting something illegal.
Ms Martin said, “To have a knock-back from an academic body, to us, flies in the face of what the university is all about.”
The meeting will now be held at Cargill’s Hotel tomorrow (March 8th).
