“Nurses not neutral on lethal needle”
(The Punch — April 7, 2011)
With the battle over legalised euthanasia touch and go in South Australia and Tasmania, the president of the Australian Nursing Federation, Coral Levett, has taken the extraordinary step of personally endorsing it….A shocking report published last year in the Canadian Medical Association Journal showed that in 45% of cases of involuntary euthanasia in Belgium, it was nurses who gave the lethal injection.
PHILIP NITSCHKE, Australia’s “Dr. Death”
“Nitschke wins right to use euthanasia drug” (The Advertiser, 9/26/11)
He will provide the drug Nembutal (pentobarbital) to a Victor Harbor woman who wants to die….It is used in the US state of Oregon for physician-assisted suicide and is also used by the Swiss euthanasia group Dignitas. In the Netherlands, a pentobarbital elixir is used for physician-assisted suicide. The drug is also approved for use in executions in the US states of Oklahoma, Arizona and Texas.
“‘Death Drug’ to Be Imported to Australia” (7 News, 8/1/11)
“Controversial euthanasia campaigner Dr. Philip Nitschke claims he has found a legal loophole to import a drug [Nembutal] used in assisted suicides….He has discovered it can be imported legally, if a doctor applies to the Therapeutic Goods Administration with an acceptable medical reason…’I'll prescribe it as a sedative; what they do is up to them’”
“When Erin chose to die” (The Australian, 7/14/08)
“In the grip of post-natal depression, this woman took her life with Nembutal, a drug championed by euthanasia advocates. But her death was far from an ‘easy way out.’”
Nitschke reveals killing machine (The Age, 5/31/03)
Crushed ants and car battery acid used as key chemicals in Nischke’s new do-it-yourself suicide device.
Australian MD to Make New Suicide Machine (ABC News, 1/12/03)
Nischke plans to build his machine in the U.S.; Calls Kevorkian “a hero.”
“Nitschke’s death machine seized,” (The Age, Australia, 1/11/03)
Customs inspectors seize suicide machine and plastic Exit bags.
“Nitschke to unveil death machine”(The Age, Australia, 1/6/03)
Nitschke plans to unveil the machine in San Diego on January 12.
“Dicing with death” (Sydney Morning Herald, 12/20/02)
“Nitschke admits that many seeking his advice are depressed” “Euthanasia is an obsession for the 56-year-old Nitschke….”
“Too tired to go on, Ruth, 80 takes lethal dose” (Sydney Morning Herald, 12/16/02)
Sydney woman is latest healthy elderly person to commit suicide after consulting with Philip Nitschke.
“Healthy choosing premature death, says Nitschke” (The Age, Australia, 12/16/02)
80-year-old woman’s vision was deteriorating but she was otherwise healthy.
Assisted Suicide: Not for Adults Only?
Philip Nitschke is among the activists who have advocated permitting assisted-suicide for children and teens.
“Nitschke launches suicide machine” (Sydney Morning Herald, 12/3/02)
Nitschke has launched the COGEN machine that he says will let people take their own lives peacefully by breathing pure carbon monoxide.
“A practical guide to suicide” (Sydney Morning Herald, 12/2/02)
Nitschke’s workshops include how to assist in suicide and how to lie about doing so.
“Australia’s Dr. Death” (National Review Online, 11/26/02)
Philip Nitschke has expressed the view that assisted suicide shouldn’t be restricted to just one subgroup of people, like those with terminal illness. He favors making it available to all who are old enough to understand death so they can die at the time of their choosing.
“The woman who feared a birthday” (The Age, Australia, 11/26/02)
Healthy 79-year-old Lisette Nigot’s suicide note was released by euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke who said Nigot was one of a growing number of healthy people seeking his help.
Computers seized in raid on Nitschke’s home (8/7/02)
Detectives investigating Nitschke in assisted suicide death.
Aussie suicide bags delayed (8/6/02)
Philip Nitschke holds back distribution of plastic death bags until legal status clarified.
A Grave Device (ABC News, 7/17/02)
Nitschke calls the one-size-fits all, hood-shaped plastic bag, which he plans to manufacture and distribute, “an aesthetically distasteful death.” However, he claims that death-by-bag is preferred to death by medication overdose or other methods.
Outrage over suicide bag giveaway. (Sydney Morning Herald, 7/9/02)
Nitshcke’s organization to make Australian “exit bags” after Canadian group stops shipments.
Doctor who orchestrated Crick death says Peter Singer inspired him. (5/27/02)
Dr. Philip Nitschke revealed that the writings of Peter Singer have influenced his own campaign to legalize euthanasia. Singer openly promotes infanticide and euthanasia.
Background on Nitschke’s Euthanasia Advocacy
• Computerized death program
• Australia’s euthanasia law overturned
• Attempting to develop suicide pill
• Euthanasia clinics planned
• Claims 15 euthanasia deaths
• Additional death clinics planned
• At euthanasia leaders’ meeting, Nitschke presents suffocation as “double exit” method
DEATH OF NANCY CRICK
Euthanasia: women are the losers. (6/3/02)
Women more likely to be victims of assisted suicide and euthanasia in Australia, the Netherlands and the United States.
Euthanasia movement damaged over revelations surrounding death. (5/31/02)
“…the public sees the hand of the euthanasia advocate on the shoulder of the sick person and that is unseemly.”
Crick death brings more questions than answers. (5/30/02)
“Catchcries such as ‘death with dignity’ and ‘the right to die’ undoubtedly are heartfelt but they do not satisfactorily answer the legal challenges inherent in framing a law free of abuse, manipulation or de facto extension.”
Nitschke regrets misleading about Crick’s condition. (5/30/02)
Nitschke declares that euthanasia should be available not only to terminally ill cancer patients but also to those in chronic pain.
Senator calls for Crick inquiry. (5/28/02)
The pro-euthanasia lobby, which used her as a test case, garnered support by claiming that she was suffering terminal cancer. This has now shown to be a lie.”
“‘Right-to-die’ woman had no cancer at time of death.” (5/28/02)
Exit Australia, Nitschke’s euthanasia lobby group overseeing the “Nancy Crick project,” said in statements over recent months that Crick was “terminally ill” or was suffering from “terminal bowel cancer.
Doctor who orchestrated Crick death says Peter Singer inspired him. (5/27/02)
Dr. Philip Nitschke revealed that the writings of Peter Singer have influenced his own campaign to legalize euthanasia. Singer openly promotes infanticide and euthanasia.
Background on Crick case.
