Frank Brennan
Frank Tenison Brennan (6 March 1954—) is an Australian Jesuit priest, human rights lawyer and academic. Brennan has a longstanding reputation of advocacy in the areas of law, social justice, refugee protection, Aboriginal reconciliation and human rights activism.
Brennan is the son of Sir Gerard Brennan, a former chief justice of the High Court of Australia, and Patricia O'Hara, an anaesthestist. He studied at the University of Queensland where he graduated with honours in arts and law. He then studied at the Melbourne College of Divinity, where he graduated, again with honours, in divinity. He was awarded a Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne in 1981.
Brennan is a professor of law in the Public Policy Institute at the Australian Catholic University, a visiting professorial fellow at the University of New South Wales and served as the founding director of the Uniya Jesuit Social Justice Centre in Sydney from 2001 to 2007.
In an interview with Kathy Marks in 2021, Brennan shared his concerns around voluntary assisted dying becoming law:
[Brennan] fears the right of conscientious objection – which also applies to healthcare institutions – will be watered down over time. He is concerned, too, that “euthanasia could become a shortcut” in remote areas with poor palliative care. “For centuries, ‘Do not harm and do not kill’ was a clear line, and people knew what it meant,” he says. “As a society we’ve now departed from that, and there’s no other line with equal clarity or depth.”
(via Wikipedia)
Marks, K. (2021, May 15). 'My mind is clear. I want to be in control.' The Weekend Australian. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/weekend-australian-magazine/tide-turns-on-assisted-dying-laws/news-story/4f07c8fbfb592a9614f7ebbb79ec34bc