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Shameful Country that Makes the Old Suffer So

By Stephen Clarke


An article in the New York Times.

Party of Pain

By John Tierney


A retirement article by a sub-editor from the Melbourne Age.

Amid Comfort and Kindness, a 'Contrarian' Bids Adieu

By Pamela Bone


An account of events in the Isle of Man

A Civilised Insurrection

By Stuart Hartill


A recent article from the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.

Do Attitudes Toward Physician-assisted Suicide and Terminal Palliative Care Vary by Religion?


An interesting insight into the likely way end-of-life issues will change over the next 35 years.

The Sanctity of Life

By Peter Singer


An article published in Scientific American, June 2005, about Russel Ogden & his study of underground assisted suicide & euthanasia.

A Culture of Death

By Diane Martindale


An article published in The Age, Melbourne, May 16, 2005

Curtailing Our Right to Know About the Right to Die with Dignity

By Fiona Stewart


An excellent article published in the Guardian, UK, on 25 March 2005

The Myth of Dying

By Polly Toynbee


An account of the new censorship laws being proposed in Australia

Censorship Law Debated in Australia


The Seattle Post-Intelligencer published an article on 6 April, 2005 which is well worth reading.

The Right to Die is Fundamental


Well expressed observations on the Terri Schiavo case from the The Advertiser, Adelaide

We Treat Animals with More Dignity

By Angela Goode


An article by Dr. Philip Nitschke on the Peaceful Pill Project

Hard Pill to Swallow


An article on the religious right in Australia

God under Howard: The rise of the Religious Right in Australia
Reviewed by Muriel Porter



An article in the Guardian about Dignitas & how it operates.

How the Charity Helps People to Die
By John Martin



Britain is one of the few European countries where assisting suicide is still a crime. A report in the Observer on the growing euthanasia debate and the people it most affects

'I don't Want to Plan my Death, I Want to Enjoy Life'
By Jamie Doward




A discusion paper produced by the Federal Attorney General on the proposed anti VE legislation put forward by the Australian Federal Government.

Comment from Exit Australia on Federal Government Moves to Crush EXIT



An article by Frank Haden of the Sunday Star-Times, on the Lesley Martin trial.

Euthanasia Trial Verdict Wrong on all Counts


A talk given on Australia's ABC Radio by Kep Enderby, a distinguished judge, a Federal Minister in the Government of Gough Whitlam, and a person who has done much to foster debate on matters of life and death, cruelty and mercy, civil rights and their denial.

Voluntary Euthanasia
By Kep Enderby QC.


Annual Global Report

Choices When Dying - 2003
by Michael Irwin MD
President, World Federation of Right to Die Societies



An account of the Robert Latimer case in Canada

Latimer 10 years on: No regrets
Toronto Star Jan. 24, 2004


Mary Warnock, who once sat on a Lords committee that rejected legalising euthanasia, has since watched her husband die and now says the law should be changed

I Made a Bad Law - We Should Help the Ill to Die
By Mary Warnock


A hard-hitting article from a Belgian perspective originally published in 'La Libre Belgique,' 1 October 2003. (See about the case referred to in the French news).

What If Vincent Humbert Had Resided in Belgium ?
by Marc Englert, M.D.
Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the Free University of Brussels. Member of the Belgian Federal Commission of Control and Evaluation of Euthanasia


An article from the Sunday Times (UK) of 14 September 2003

This Tide of Human Suffering that Cries out for Euthanasia

by John Humphrys


An account of a valuable service that Dignitas (Switzerland) is offering foreign patients

A Swiss Assisted Suicide Experience
by ERGO


But the Dignitas service is not without controversy in Switzerland

Switzerland - Death Tourism Capital ?
by Isobel Johnson - Swissinfo, 14 September 2003


Text of a speech which was presented to the Voluntary Euthanasia Society in Auckland, on 22 March 2003 by:

Jan Crosthwaite
Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Auckland

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Download an NZ Parliament research article on Voluntary Euthanasia
(in Adobe Acrobat format)

Voluntary Euthanasia and New Zealand



Read a commentary on freedom of choice in the USA

'The Freest Nation in the World'?
by Peter Singer,
DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University



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