May 4, 2018
NYT: Why Scientist David Goodall, 104, Wants to Die
Yonette Joseph, New York Times
David Goodall, 104, who is believed to be Australia’s oldest scientist, wants to die. But he can’t do it in his own country, where assisted suicide is banned. So on Wednesday, he took what was expected to be his last flight, bound for Europe, to accomplish his goal — and renewed a debate in Australia […]
April 16, 2018
A euthanasia expert just unveiled his ‘suicide machine’ at an Amsterdam funeral fair
The Washington Post, Amanda Erickson
It is not the most cheerful offering. But euthanasia activist Philip Nitschke thinks he is about to revolutionize how we die. At a funeral fair in Amsterdam last week, he showed off his “suicide machine.” The “Sarco,” short for sarcophagus, is designed to “provide people with a death when they wish to die,” Nitschke, an Australian national, told the […]
April 1, 2018
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February 17, 2018
Lessons from Assisted Suicide Trial of Suzy Austen – March 2018 Update
On 12 February 2018, a court trial involving Exit’s Wellington Chapter Coordinator Suzy Austen took place in the High Court in the New Zealand. Suzy was charged with importing Nembutal (x2) into NZ and assisting a fellow Exit Member in her suicide. The trial concluded on Friday 23 February with Suzy being found guilty of […]
December 24, 2017
Newsweek: Meet the Elon Musk of Assisted Suicide
Meet the Elon Musk of Assisted Suicide, Whose Machine Lets You Kill Yourself Anywhere Dr. Philip Nitschke considers himself the Elon Musk of assisted suicide—and his latest death machine, the Sarco, is his Tesla. Newsweek spoke with the 70-year-old doctor immediately after the state of Victoria in Australia, his home country, voted this week to legalize […]
December 21, 2017
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December 1, 2017
New suicide pod for humans comes with built-in coffin
Philip Nitschke ‘s 3D-printed ‘death pod’ will let users ‘die peacefully and reliably’. A 3D-printed “death pod” has been created by Australian scientist and euthanasia advocate Dr Philip Nitschke which will let users die “peacefully and reliably” with the press of a button. First teased last month by Nitschke, who critics have dubbed Dr Death, […]
November 23, 2017
Nitschke says Victorian euthanasia bill ‘unworkable’
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 bill through the upper house, […]
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