Victoria euthanasia deaths rise 400% in five years as law set to widen

Victoria's annual report records 512 assisted suicide and euthanasia deaths in 2025–26, up about 32% on the prior year, and 2,188 since the practice was legalised in 2019. From 2027 the prognosis limit doubles to 12 months, doctors may raise the option unprompted, and waiting periods and some safeguards are reduced. The pattern of widening eligibility and fewer checks reflects a shift away from the biblical view of life as a God-given gift, a moral change Scripture warns of in calling evil good.