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An assisted suicide device dubbed the “Tesla of euthanasia” is facing backlash after it was set to be used for the first time next week in Switzerland. The pod, named Sacro, created by 76-year-old Dr. Philip Nitschke was scheduled for use sometime next week in Switzerland, according to Metro. However, prosecutors are now reportedly fighting to ban its use, the outlet reported. While voluntary assisted suicide is legal in the country, some are questioning if it’s idealizing death, with some pro-life groups arguing the pods “glamorise suicide,” the Daily Mail reported. The pod is supposed to fill with nitrogen and...

For well over a decade, they were friends as they launched a global campaign to legalise assisted suicide for terminally-ill patients. But after Dr Nitschke conducted a tour of Britain last week to show people how they can end their lives effectively, Dr Irwin has hit out at his former colleagues actions. Dr Irwin accused Dr Nitschke of being "totally irresponsible" for telling people how to obtain an "easy access" drug either for their own suicides or to help with the deaths of seriously-ill relatives. The drug, Nembutal, is illegal for human use in Britain but obtainable through the internet....

PHILIP Nitschke is considering moving to the US to continue his campaign for voluntary euthanasia after a hostile reception from British immigration authorities on the weekend.The Australian campaigner known as "Doctor Death" said last night that until he was detained at Heathrow airport for nine hours on Saturday he had been considering moving to Britain to escape Australia's increasingly tight restrictions on the dissemination of information on how to kill yourself. "That looks unlikely now, because after that reception I guess the British will be less likely to let me stay," Dr Nitschke told The Australian. "I'm not sure, but...

E-mail Author Author Archive Send to a Friend <% printurl = Request.ServerVariables("URL")%> Print Version November 15, 2004, 8:26 a.m. Noxious NitschkeEuthanasia advocates work to make suicide easy. By Wesley J. Smith The international euthanasia movement's first principle is radical individualism. The idea is that we each own our own body and hence should be able to do what we choose with our physical self — including destroy it. Not only that, but if we want to die, liberty dictates that we should have ready access to a "good death," a demise that is peaceful and pain-free. Most euthanasia advocates...