Paraplegic Christian Rossiter died today of a chest infection. He had recently won a court case demanding the right to refuse food. In other words, he wanted to die and he wanted the right to allow himself to die.
He was in a lot of pain and wanted to end his own suffering. Today his wishes [...]
Tasmania. Tasmanian parliament will vote on whether to allow “voluntary euthanasia.”
However, the Dying with Dignity Bill 2009 is destined to be referred to a parliamentary committee of inquiry before a show of hands is required.
An advocate emerges:
DR TONY Large, 86, has more reason than most to understand the suffering of prolonged dying.
The retired Ulverstone [...]
Britain’s thinking twice about letting Australia’s own Dr Death inside their borders. Nitschke and his wife have been detained at Heathrow airport, and questioned about whether they were going to commit criminal acts.
AUSTRALIAN euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke has been detained by British authorities at Heathrow airport, his lawyer says.Dr Nitschke flew into London on [...]
The lovely ladies of the Country Women’s Association (CWA) will debate euthanasia next month in Bateman’s Bay, NSW.
“They (local members) were sort of divided,” Ms McNeish said. “I personally think it should be legalised to give people the option.”
Ms Mudge agreed with Ms McNeish.
“It should be a case by case situation,” Ms Mudge said.
…and that [...]
A medical ethics “expert”, Baroness Warnock, employed by Britain’s National Health Service, would like to see more senile people topping themselves:
“If you are demented you are wasting people’s lives, your family’s lives and you are wasting the resources of the NHS.
“I am fully in agreement with the argument that if pain is insufferable then someone [...]
A Swiss assisted suicide clinic plans to help a healthy woman to die with her terminally ill husband, the Times Online reported today:
Dignitas founder plans assisted suicide of healthy woman .
The founder of the clinic, Ludwig Minelli, admitted that the clinic had helped people with mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar to die. People [...]