Should former rugby player Tony Nicklinson, be allowed to die?
A former rugby player suffering with 'locked-in syndrome', is arguing for the right to die. Tony Nicklinson is petitioning the UK High Court because without a doctor's help, he cannot administer the lethal medication needed, to end his life.
Fight religious right, says Chrys
A LEADING member of a national "free thought" umbrella organisation has urged groups fighting for voluntary euthanasia and gay and women's reproductive rights to unite against religious conservatives.
In a speech at the Voluntary Euthanasia Society of Queensland's Maroochydore branch yesterday, Chrys Stevenson, of Reason Australia, said the religious right was waging a successful "propaganda" and "misinformation" campaign.
Euthanasia activist unfazed over death threats
Euthanasia law-reform activist Sean Davison is shaken but unfazed despite death threats and an attack on his Dunedin residence over the weekend.
A brick, with a note attached, was thrown through the window of his Kaikorai address at 11.05pm on Friday, landing four metres across the living room floor. The note said: "Leave Gods [sic] laws or be struck down dead".
End of Life Care My Life, My Death, My Choice.
Re article by Peter Munro Sun Herald 15/1/12 "Son`s mercy killing splits family"
I wholehearedly agree with Sean Davidson`s compassionate decision to assist his mum to have a peaceful and dignified death
Son's mercy killing splits family
New Zealander Patricia Davison's children refused to help her die. But after her youngest son witnessed her agony, he felt compelled to carry out her wish. Did his Melbourne-based sister tell the police? Peter Munro reports.
The blue mortar and pestle had gathered dust on his mum's Welsh dresser, before he used it to crush a dozen morphine pills in her kitchen. The powdered drugs dyed the water murky brown in the glass he held to her lips. She smiled gently after drinking, holding his hand.
Plea for euthanasia laws to be changed
Cape Town professor Sean Davison self-consciously rubbed his home-detention anklet that restricts him to a friend’s home in New Zealand as he talked about his hopes for the year.
“If I leave the property, an alarm goes off. It’s a bit degrading and it’s terribly frustrating, but it’s better than being in jail,” he said.
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