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The inventor of the 'suicide pod' says AI should decide who can end their life

The inventor of the controversial Sarco suicide pod says AI software could one day replace psychiatrists in assessing mental capacity for those seeking assisted dying.

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Elderly woman on bail over assisted death drugs probe

An 81-year-old woman has been granted bail after being accused of telling an undercover operative about supplying animal euthanasia drugs to kill people.

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After Woman Ended Her Own Life By Starving, Support Group Breaks Silence

"I understand her decision entirely"

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Right-to-die activist takes own life after 'trauma' of suicide pod arrest

Dr Florian Willet had been arrested following the apparent first use of the Sarco suicide capsule

Evening Standard

Euthanasia activist who was arrested over suicide pod death ‘takes his own life’

Dr Florian Willet was said to have serious psychological problems after his detention over the use of the suicide pod

The Independent UK

Swiss authorities release right-to-die activist after ruling out homicide in 'suicide capsule' case

Swiss prosecutors say a right-to-die activist was released after more than two months in police custody over the reported first use of a so-called “suicide capsule,” after ruling out the possibility of an intentional homicide

The Independent UK

Sarco ‘suicide pods’ to be introduced in UK if assisted dying law passes, says creator

Private Member’s Bill is due for second reading in the Commons on Friday – the first debate and vote of its kind since 2015

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Suicide Pod Creator Calls Allegations That First User Had Strangulation Marks 'Absurd'

Dr. Philip Nitschke defended the head of Exit International's Swiss affiliate who was jailed after the woman's death in September

International Business Times

Creator of 'suicide capsule' rejects Swiss allegation that its first user may have been strangled

The right-to-die activist behind a new “suicide capsule” says he rejects “absurd” allegations that the U.S. woman who was said to be its first user may have actually been strangled

The Independent UK

Creator of ‘suicide capsule’ rejects allegation that first user may have been strangled

A man present at the death was immediately taken into police custody and remains there

The Independent UK

Woman ‘almost immediately’ ended her life in controversial suicide pod, creator says

The 64-year-old died in the 3D-printed suicide capsule in the forests of northern Switzerland on Monday

The Independent UK

Switzerland opens probe into use of suicide booth

Police have detained several people over the death of a woman in Sarco suicide capsule.

Al Jazeera

Several people are detained in Switzerland in connection with suspected death in a 'suicide capsule'

Police in northern Switzerland say several people have been detained and a criminal case opened in connection with the suspected death of a person in a new “suicide capsule.”

The Independent UK

Switzerland to ‘soon’ use first suicide pod for assisted dying

The pod was invented by the founder of Exit International, Philip Nitschke, who has been nicknamed ‘Dr Death’

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First Suicide Pod Use 'Soon' In Switzerland: Campaigners

An assisted dying group expects a new portable suicide pod to be used for the first time in Switzerland potentially within months to provide death without medical supervision, they said Wednesday.

International Business Times

First Suicide Pod Use 'Soon' In Switzerland: Campaigners

An assisted dying group expects a new portable suicide pod to be used for the first time in Switzerland potentially within months to provide death without medical supervision, they said Wednesday.

AAP

Australia's Dr Death fights for condemned killer in US

Australia's Dr Death has taken the stand in defence of a condemned man, warning US officials who botched his first execution could be about to do it again

ABC News

Last Cab to Darwin taxi recovered on Philip Nitschke's bush block to be assessed for NT museum

Max Bell was a 65-year-old taxi driver in outback New South Wales who was dying from stomach cancer. When the NT government decided to legalise euthanasia, he saw a way out.

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Author Charlotte Raven: ‘At this point of no return, assisted dying feels like the best solution’

The writer, who suffers from a degenerative disease, says experiencing first-hand the horrors of a failed palliative care system made her realise other options are needed

ABC News

Euthanasia advocates blast Territory Labor government over inaction on a vote before next NT election

Once a world leader on voluntary assisted dying, advocates say the Northern Territory is now lagging behind the rest of Australia.

ABC News

Doctor Philip Nitschke to lobby for progressive euthanasia laws in the Northern Territory, as others call for caution

Many people are asked by parents, "please help me die". But how much freedom and protection should the Northern Territory give to those ready to go under its planned assisted dying laws?

Daily Record

Scientist calls for Scotland to back 3D printed 'do-it-yourself death pods'

Dr Nitschke has urged a Scots MSP to back the pods, saying "they lead to a peaceful, even euphoric death".

Daily Mirror

Outrage as scientist wants 'do-it-yourself death pods' to be installed in UK city

Australian former doctor Philip Nitschke launched the 3D printed Sarco pods in Switzerland in 2021 and the technology is now available to be used in the country's legal assisted suicide clinics

The Independent UK

Renowned NYC musician dies by assisted suicide in Switzerland after having ‘completed life’

Anton Fier, 66, was a prominent figure in the New York music scene in the 1980s and 1990s, and had fallen on difficult times, friends said

The Independent UK

Swiss assisted suicide clinic where Arizona sisters died faces legal threat from family of another American woman

Krista Atkins rejected her family’s concerns just before her death by suicide in June 2020

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