June 21, 2015
Philip Nitschke’s Edinburgh Fringe Show to Go Ahead after UK Police Drop Inquiry
London police have dropped an investigation into allegations that voluntary euthanasia advocate, Dr Philip Nitschke, encouraged or assisted suicide while in Britain. The controversial Australian doctor – currently suspended from practising in his home country – was questioned under caution in April after complaints were made while he was preparing for his Edinburgh Fringe festival […]
June 17, 2015
MET Decide Not to Charge Dr Philip Nitschke
Media Release MET Drop Investigation to Allow Assisted Sucide Show to Run at EdFringe A decision this week by the CPS not to proceed with assisted suicide charges against Australian activist (and soon to be comedian) Dr Philip Nitschke has cleared the way for the world premiere of his show ‘Dicing with Dr Death’ at […]
June 10, 2015
Dr Philip Nitschke comes to rescue on Qantas flight
Michael Koziol, Sydney Morning Herald
Euthanasia campaigner and suspended doctor Philip Nitschke provided medical assistance to a critically ill man on a trans-Pacific flight to Sydney on Tuesday morning. Qantas staff aboard QF12 from Los Angeles approached Dr Nitschke directly when the condition of the 37-year-old man – who was suffering terminal cancer – began to worsen, Dr Nitschke told Fairfax Media. Using […]
June 7, 2015
Judge rejects right-to-die plea from NZ Lawyer
A High Court judge has rejected Wellington woman Lecretia Seales’ fight to die on her terms. Justice Collins had notified of Ms Seales’ family of an interim decision on Tuesday, given Ms Seales’ declining health. She died at 12.35am today. The legal team for the Wellington lawyer sought clarification in the High Court at Wellington […]
June 1, 2015
Dr Death returns to Canberra to host workshop on voluntary euthanasia
Henry Belot, The Canberra Times
Controversial euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke will host an exclusive workshop for elderly and seriously ill Canberrans based on a banned book which teaches suicide methods. Dr Nitschke’s medical license was suspended in July after he admitted to helping 45-year-old Nigel Brayley take his own life, despite knowing he was not terminally ill. The former ACT […]
May 17, 2015
The Last Day of her Life: Story of Professor Sandy Bem
Robin Marantz Henig, New York Times
When Sandy Bem found out she had Alzheimer’s, she resolved that before the disease stole her mind, she would kill herself. The question was, when? Sandy Bem, a Cornell psychology professor one month shy of her 65th birthday, was alone in her bedroom one night in May 2009, watching an HBO documentary called “The Alzheimer’s […]
May 17, 2015
The last day of her life, The New York Times
Robin Marantz Henig, The New York Times
When Sandy Bem found out she had Alzheimer’s, she resolved that before the disease stole her mind, she would kill herself. The question was, when? Sandy Bem, a Cornell psychology professor one month shy of her 65th birthday, was alone in her bedroom one night in May 2009, watching an HBO documentary called “The Alzheimer’s […]
April 28, 2015
Gail O’Rorke found “not guilty” of assisted suicide
Gail O’Rorke has been acquitted at the Circuit Criminal Court of helping her friend take her own life. Ms O’Rorke was found not guilty of attempting to aid Bernadette Forde (51) in travelling to the Dignitas euthanasia centre in Switzerland between March and April, 2011. There were loud screams from her family in the body […]