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October 6, 2014
British label Australia’s Dr Nitschke as ‘very dangerous’
By Paul Gallagher, The Morning Bulletin
The controversial Australian doctor who has opened a euthanasia clinic in the UK advising people on how to end their lives is encouraging people to visit his clinic “before they get too sick”. Dr Philip Nitschke said the arrival of his non-profit organisation Exit International, which held its inaugural event in London on Saturday, was […]
October 3, 2014
Cruel and Usual Punishment: Is There a Humane Alternative to Prison?
Prison time is a very severe punishment. John Stuart Mill likened it to being consigned to a living tomb. Any society that employs it should do so with care and restraint. Yet we do not. Partly because we think that prison is a humane punishment, it is drastically over-used in many countries, to the point […]
October 3, 2014
Call for prisoners with no release prospects to be given option of euthanasia
CHRIS UHLMANN: Euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke has called for Australian prisoners, jailed with no prospect of release, to be given the option of euthanasia. It follows a decision in Belgium to allow a killer jailed for the rest of his life for horrific crimes to kill himself – assisted by doctors under Belgium’s controversial […]
October 3, 2014
Euthanasia campaigner Nitschke investigated over more deaths
Embattled euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke is being investigated by police in every Australian state over his possible role in nearly 20 deaths in the past three years, all of them apparently suicides. The latest investigation, by Victoria Police, concerns the death of a 55-year-old Geelong man who allegedly killed himself using a do-it-yourself kit […]
September 28, 2014
Euthanasia: A Rational Option for Prisoners Facing Torture of Life in Jail
Life in prison with no parole is tantamount to torture, and a civilised Australia shouldn’t support it. This is why we should follow Belgium’s lead, and help prisoners to die In 2007, at a bioethics forum at the University of Tasmania, I made what I thought was a fairly common sense statement: if the Port […]
September 24, 2014
Shakeup in Mexican Mail Order Nembutal
Reports received by Exit of the temporary closure of a major distributor of Mexican veterinary Nembutal have prompted an urgent revision on The Peaceful Pill eHandbook. Details of the Mexican changes will be published in the October 1st update and those considering using Mexico as the source of the premier euthanasia drug are urged to […]
September 14, 2014
The “Deliverance Machine”, invented by Philip Nitschke
ILoveUselessKnowledge, Sep 09, 2014
The “Deliverance Machine”, invented by Philip Nitschke. It consisted of a notebook computer and software titled “Deliverance”, which asks the patient a series of questions, and automatically administers a lethal injection of barbiturates if the correct answers are made. The following three questions were displayed on the laptop screen and required the patient to click […]
September 12, 2014
The Peaceful Suicide of Two Friends
SBS The Feed By Jeannette Francis
Exit Members Claire and Val chose to end their lives together. Val had Alzheimer’s, but Claire was perfectly healthy. Claire left a letter explaining her suicide. The story interviews both Claire’s son and Philip Nitschke, who Claire sent a copy of her letter to. The full letter is below. I HAVE A FRIEND I have […]
September 7, 2014
Kerry Bromson to head Federal Voluntary Euthanasia Party
Kerry Bromson, the sister of the late former VEP Candidate for South Australia, Max Bromson, has taken on the challenge of National Convenor of the Voluntary Euthanasia Party. Now living in Sydney, Kerry has said it was her experience in being with her brother when he took his Nembutal that has encouraged her to get […]
September 7, 2014
Rupert Ward, guilty of possessing euthanasia drug Nembutal, given spent conviction
An Albany man has been fined $1,400 for importing a banned euthanasia drug but has escaped having the conviction recorded.Rupert Ward, guilty of possessing euthanasia drug Nembutal, given spent conviction Rupert John Ward, 68, pleaded guilty to importing six grams of pentobarbital, commonly known as Nembutal. He was charged after raids by police of the […]