Philip Nitschke

Suicide has been decriminalised since the Revolution, but there are many laws preventing the freedom of a non-violent suicide

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"to be serene at the end, provided the elderly have this @PeacefulPill at home so they can die when they want, rather than waiting for the medical permission” Claude Hury/ Ultime Liberte is correct! Activists on trial as France debates right to die www.yahoo.com/news/article... via @@YahooNews

The "Sarco" suicide capsule has reignited the Swiss euthanasia debate. Critics are calling for stricter regulations, while organizations like Exit and Dignitas are warning of "clerical and patronizing circles" exploiting the Sarco case for their own agenda.

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..despite suggesting that Ozzy “died in Switzerland with a suicide pod” this is untrue..the Swiss prosecutor still can’t decide whether or not Sarco use is illegal!
Ozzy Osbourne's assisted 'suicide pact' with Sharon resurfaces..

Couple in the new 3D printed ‘Double Dutch’ Sarco prepare to leave together..

..back in 2008 for reliable end of life drugs we would direct people to Mexican pet stores www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa...

..increasingly those seeking death want “a doctor to do it to them”..ie share in and reinforce their decision, put a needle into a vein and become their executioner. NO! it’s YOUR decision, YOU do it.. nvve.maglr.com/injectie-geeft…

The assisted suicide debate in Switzerland is gaining momentum again following the use of a suicide capsule nau.ch/politik/bundes…

..some truth (finally) emerges about the first Swiss Sarco death in Schaffhausen forest..
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Sarco Project pioneer damaged by lengthy Swiss ‘pre-trial detention’ and fake allegations of homicide @nytimes …nytimes.com/2025/06/05/wor…

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Remembering Florian Willet - Obituary - Exit International Share this ContentDr Florian Willet died in Germany on 5 May 2025. He was 47. He is dearly missed … About Florian Florian came into our lives in early 2024. At Exit, we had heard of this remarkable ma...

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Inventor behind suicide Sarco pod reveals plans for dementia switch Dr Philip Nitschke, whose controversial capsule ended an American woman's life in Switzerland last year, told MailOnline that his newest device is nearing the testing phase.

.. loosing mental capacity? The dementia switch allow you to take responsibility.. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

..the world’s biggest technology museum wants to display Sarco to illustrate the future of death and dying… but is blocked by a Swiss prosecutor ….Suizidkapsel Sarco soll in Nürnberg ausgestellt werden – doch die Schaffhauser Staatsanwaltschaft blockt ab shn.ch/region/kanton/…

I’m old and in constant pain, so why can’t I end my life?
..Aust assisted suicide ‘beg and grovel’ laws (unlike Swiss laws) do not give you the ‘right to die’, only the right to beg for help..which, as in Betsy’s case, is often rejected! heraldsun.com.au/health/wellbei…

Ingrid Hieronymi from The Last Resort, a new free Swiss assisted suicide service, describes the important role of the drug-free Sarco and the protracted investigation into the legality of the device by Swiss prosecutors, to a full meeting of the Swiss FreeThinkers

Opinion | There Are Ways to Die With Dignity, but Not Like This

“Labeling this a medical practice confers a kind of legitimacy on what is also called, more accurately, physician-assisted suicide”.. and this is the point .. assisted death is not a “medical practice” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/o...

For our new magazine, I profiled Philip Nitschke - aka “Dr Death” - who facilitated the first ever assisted suicides in the 1990s and has spent the rest of his life inventing new ways to die www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good...

A father battles Canada’s suicide machine

..and what ‘reason’ would ever have satisfied her father? She was a rational adult, making an informed and consistent decision …sufficient surely? Father battles Canada’s suicide machine @UnHerd unherd.com/us/2025/05/a...

Great to be in Amsterdam last night for the launch of Martje van der Brug’s book “The Autonomous Route”..can’t imagine anywhere else in the world where discussion of this topic is so welcome.. martje.nl
Now we need the English edition!