A BID to legalise euthanasia in Victoria has been defeated in parliament.
Greens MP Colleen Hartland introduced a private members Bill to legislate right-to-die laws in the upper house in June.
The Bill was defeated today by a vote of 25-13.
"I`m very disappointed because we`ve put a lot of effort into this, the disappointing part is all the people ringing my office urging me to do this and for them this is a terrible disappointment," Ms Hartland said.
The Medical Treatment (Physician-Assisted Dying) Bill would have enabled Victorians suffering "intolerably from a terminal or advanced incurable illness" to end their lives.
It also would have provided protection for doctors who help patients die.
