An Australian suicide puts Dr Philip Nitschke back on the media stage
Dr Philip Nitschke, the veteran Australian activist for the right to suicide, is back in the news again. A feature in The Australian revealed that...
Scotland and Uruguay: will they legalise euthanasia?
Two more countries are debating whether to legalise euthanasia: Scotland and Uruguay. In Scotland a Liberal Democrat member of the Scottish Parliament, Liam McArthur, has...
‘Happy and healthy’ American sisters die in Swiss suicide clinic
Two middle-aged American sisters died in a Swiss suicide clinic in Basel, on February 11. Lila Ammouri, a 54-year-old palliative care doctor, and Susan Frazier,...
Meet the Tesla of assisted suicide: Sarco
With Christmas just around the corner, the perennial question is, what do you get for the man who has everything? How about a do-it-yourself 3D...
Nitschke’s new podcast about assisted dying could be scary for some listeners
The rational suicide stalwart speaks his mind Arguments for assisted dying, or voluntary assisted dying, or voluntary euthanasia, or medical aid in dying nearly always...
A new Swiss group caters for Dutch who are not eligible for euthanasia
You might think that the Dutch, who live in a country where euthanasia is legal, would have no need for the schemes of Dr Philip...
Philip Nitschke’s new suicide-enabling invention
Inspired by the adventures of a South Korean spy Over the past couple of years, the world’s media has been agog at Sarco (short for...
Nitschke keeps on pressing those buttons
Now it is live-streamed suicides Philip Nitschke in front of a marquee advertising "A Time to Die", a documentary about his work The ever-controversial Australian...
‘The last frontier in prison reform’: assisted suicide?
Denying inmates the right is ‘cruel and unusual punishment’ Photo by Larry Farr on Unsplash Activist Philip Nitschke once described euthanasia as the “last frontier in prison reform”....
104-year-old Australian scientist boards plane for Swiss suicide clinic
In a case which has attracted world-wide attention, a 104-year-old Australian scientist has boarded a plane which will take him to Switzerland to die at...
The shadowy world of ‘euthanasia fundamentalism’
Is Stephen King looking for a new plot for a novel? How about the activities of a shadowy network dedicated to helping people commit suicide?...
Nitschke ramps up campaign for unrestricted suicide
A new group, Exit Action, will take “a militant pro-euthanasia position” Philip Nitschke is one of the world’s most famous Australians, although he has recently...