TV Media
March 27, 2018
Controversial advocate for ‘voluntary euthanasia’ earns fans in Canada
While Canada’s current laws on medically assisted death are being challenged in and out of court, there is another type of discussion quietly percolating across Canada, bolstered by a controversial former physician who advocates for what he calls “personal euthanasia.” Philip Nitschke is the founder of Exit International and an Australian former physician who now […]
June 30, 2016
Euthanasia Laws Imminent in Australia says Nitschke
Two decades after the Northern Territory enacted world-first laws legalising euthanasia, an ageing Australian population is clamouring for the right to end their lives when they choose, says campaigner Philip Nitschke. On July 1, 1996, the NT passed the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act, which allowed a doctor to provide lethal drugs or administer […]
April 28, 2015
Dr Philip Nitschke on BBC Hardtalk
BBC Hardtalk, with Zeinab Badawi
Watch Dr Philip Nitschke on BBC Hardtalk with Zeinab Badawi as he argues that a good death is the fundamental human right of all rational adults, not only the terminally ill. “If we’re going to acknowledge the right to life, we’ve got to be able to recognise the right to dispose of that gift. And […]
April 23, 2015
Breaking News: Irish assisted suicide trial
A jury at the Circuit Criminal Court has been sent home for the night after earlier beginning deliberations on a verdict in the trial of a Dublin woman charged with attempting to assist the suicide of another woman by making arrangements for her to travel to Zurich. Gail O’Rorke, 43, was last week acquitted on […]