Philip Nitschke has described the Victorian government’s voluntary assisted dying bill as the “world’s most unworkable end-of-life law” as he warned the legislation would not satisfy all those seeking ­assisted suicide. The country’s leading proponent for assisted dying and head of Exit International congratulated the Victorian government for passing the ...
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Philip Nitschke As the Euthanasia issue heats up again in Victoria, many in the community are wondering aloud what the fuss is all for. For some, Victoria’s proposed law will represent an historical breakthrough. Since the Northern Territory’s Rights of the Terminally Ill Act was quashed by Federal Parliament 20 ...
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Have you ever wondered what Government Censorship looks like? Have you ever wondered how the Australian Government actively works to prevent seriously ill & elderly Australians from accessing end of life information? MND Sufferer Grant McKenzie of Perth found out this month when his book was confiscated at the border ...
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For many years now I've mulled on the idea that euthanasia - a good death - is a feminist issue. In some ways I came to the cause of end of life choices through feminism. Indeed, my very first letter to the editor when I was 20 was about abortion ...
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The US is nothing if not a country full of real surprises. One has to look no further than at this week’s inauguration to have that confirmed. But of relevance to those wanting access the choice of a peaceful death, and in particular those in the US States that have ...
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The January 2017 Update to The Peaceful Pill eHandbook identifies a commercial laboratory that will test your Nembutal. Free preview at: The Peaceful Pill eHandbook The decision to die is the most serious and profound decision any of us will ever make. At Exit we believe that the decision to ...
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There is little doubt that voluntary euthanasia/ 'medical aid in dying' law reform is on the move! The recent success of Colorado's Proposition 106 is the good news story in this regard. You can read more about this new End of Life Choices law here. Following on Colorado's heels is ...
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In recent weeks, the Dutch Ambassador to New Zealand, Robert Zaagman, has described NZ political debate about whether to introduce a voluntary euthanasia/ assisted suicide law as being akin to Dutch debate 20 years ago. While an increasing number of US States are moving beyond the 'should we' - 'shouldn't ...
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Extending assistance to die to the so-called 'well elderly' is a topic that has long been of interest to Exit. Indeed, it is one of the reasons that the Peaceful Pill Handbook is published. In recognising 'euthanasia' - a good death - as a civil right, it is only logical ...
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It will be twenty years ago this week since the Northern Territory passed the world’s first law on voluntary euthanasia. The Rights of the Terminally Ill Act (ROTI) was a carefully-drafted piece of legislation that allowed a terminally ill person of sound mind to ask a doctor for help to die. The law expressly excluded ...
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