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UPSC 2006: Which one among the following was the first to legalize euthanasia?
(a)Australia
(b)New Zealand
(c)Netherlands
(d)Canada
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (a) Australia
The world’s first law explicitly legalizing voluntary euthanasia was the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act passed by Australia’s Northern Territory in 1995 (in force 1996–97), predating the Netherlands’ 2001 legislation; therefore Australia was first. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rights_of_the_Terminally_Ill_Act_1995?utm_source=openai))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2006, GS Paper 1, as Question 91. It falls under Indian Polity > Social Issues – Euthanasia & Bio-ethics.
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