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July 13, 2015
Oh: A word about Nembutal & Young People
The Fairfax media in Australia this week seemed to have worked themselves into a lather about young people taking Nembutal.
As was written about in Philip Nitschke’s autobiography Damned If I Do back in 2012 when Fairfax last mounted a moral panic campaign on this topic, those who are younger than 40 invariably work in …
July 13, 2015
What the Supreme Court Decision Means
If anyone was wondering what the Northern Territory Supreme Court really means, here it is. According to Exit International lawyers, the decision is a scathing account of the behaviour of the Medical Board of South Australia and the NT Medical Tribunal. Both failed miserably to apply the law.
The following was first published by Sparke …
June 15, 2015
The slippery slope
Those who are opposed to rational people having the ability to make their own choices about how their life ends are fond of using the phrase ‘the slippery slope’ and also of quoting erroneous statistics from The Netherlands.
Steven Poole in The Guardian wrote a nice article on the origins of the phrase and why …
April 27, 2015
Gotta Love the Irish
In a court case that has caused many to wonder about the state of the Irish nation, Dublin taxi-driver, Gail O’Rorke has recently seen her life played out in Ireland’s criminal courts.
Her crime?
To try to help her good friend and MS sufferer, Bernadette Forde, travel to Dignitas in Zurich for an assisted suicide.…
April 15, 2015
MET Interview Philip Nitschke Under Caution on 16 April 2015
So, the MET have received a vexatious complaint from pro-life UK and the Metropolitan Police want to interview Exit Director, Philip Nitschke, under caution?
Hell no, don’t talk about death and dying. At least not in England.
This matter is all about free speech. It is about the Religious Right not liking the right …
April 11, 2015
Lucretia Seales is a New Zealand lawyer dying of a brain tumour
Lucretia Seales is a New Zealand lawyer dying of a brain tumour.
She was interviewed on ABC TV’s Lateline show on Friday 10 April 2015. The interview has many points of note:
Lucretia was asked in detail about the desired manner and timing of her death. Her response was the same as that of …
April 10, 2015
Nitrogen Preferred as Most Humane Method for Capital Punishment
While Exit is no supporter of the death penalty, we have watched with interest how death penalty-loving states in the US such as Oaklahoma have searched around for other ‘acceptable’ means to kill prisoners on death row.
In light of dwindling supplies of Nembutal from European manufacturers, this State has turned its attention to the …
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