Voluntary assisted dying bill passes NSW lower house

Voluntary assisted dying laws have passed the lower house in the New South Wales Parliament.

The vote passed 52 to 32.

It will now move to the upper house, the final hurdle before the bill becomes law.

The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill was put forward by independent member Alex Greenwich, who tweeted soon after the vote passed.

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In order to be eligible, a person must be 18 or older, have the mental capacity to make the decision to end their life and be terminally ill with death expected within six months or 12 months for neurological conditions.

The bill was opposed by Premier Dominic Perrottet, who cited his grandmother's painful death in his decision.

Voluntary assisted dying has been legalised in every state by NSW in the past few years.