September 12, 2015
When will Britain Grow Up?
Media Release When will Britain Grow Up? Shame on Defeat of Euthanasia Bill It will be 20 years ago on 22 September 2016 since Dr Philip Nitschke administered the world’s first legal, lethal, voluntary injection to a man dying of prostate cancer in Australia’s Northern Territory under the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act. While […]
September 11, 2015
Will California say ‘Yes’ to aid in dying bill?
SACRAMENTO — In a landmark victory for supporters of assisted suicide, the California State Legislature on Friday gave its final approval to a bill that would allow doctors to help terminally ill people end their lives. Four states — Oregon, Washington, Montana and Vermont — already allow physicians to prescribe life-ending medication to some patients. […]
September 8, 2015
The Comedy in Dying
Portents of death take many forms, but an Australian doctor in a Hawaiian shirt is probably not one you’d immediately expect. However, with his “Deliverance Machine” in tow and a lab coat over his floral prints, Dr Philip Nitschke is as real a harbinger as any scythe-wielder. Nitschke, a voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide activist […]
August 9, 2015
There’s a comedy show in Edinburgh that teaches you how to die
EDINBURGH — Dicing with Dr. Death has been dancing with the authorities. The Edinburgh Fringe show, which explores methods of assisted suicide and is presented by Australian euthanasia doctor Philip Nitschke, has been marred in controversy and closely watched by the authorities in the weeks leading up to its opening night. The Metropolitan Police questioned […]
July 30, 2015
Jay Franklin is pleading for help to end his life peacefully
In 2012, after nearly 100 operations and suffering ongoing chronic pain and depression from 35 years of living with a congenital bowel disease, Jay Franklin decided he would seek to end his life Jay Franklin has a ticket to die. Two years ago, the 37-year-old became one of the few Australians to be accepted at […]
July 24, 2015
Dr Death’s show is what the Fringe is all about
It is more than 50 years since a naked girl raced across the stage of an Edinburgh Fringe show, causing palpitations among the audience and outrage in the city chambers. The redoubtable Moira Knox, city councillor and bastion of moral standards, denounced the performance as an offence to common decency and threatened to close down […]
July 22, 2015
Dr Death’s Edinburgh Fringe show will see audience members ‘gassed’
Paul Gallagher, The Independent
Audience members at the Edinburgh Fringe show hosted by the controversial medic known as Dr Death will be ‘gassed’ as they model how “a peaceful and reliable means of death” is carried out. Right-to-die campaigner Philip Nitschke, 67, will invite people on stage to inhale gas from his updated version of the Deliverance machine that […]
July 6, 2015
Philip Nitschke wins appeal over medical licence suspension
Euthanasia advocate Dr Philip Nitschke has won the support of the Northern Territory supreme court in his fight against the Medical Board of Australia over the suspension of his medical licence. The NT supreme court upheld Nitschke’s appeal on Monday finding the emergency suspension of his licence by the MBA should not have been upheld […]