Newspaper Media
January 17, 2021
Selling Coals to Newcastle? The Dutch Discover Pegasos
Always on time, he is ready in the morning in the hall of his apartment. Kees Kentie (87 years) is ready in every way. He was counting down the days in the past week. Everyday actions are against him. Shaving: it’s exhausting. He’s looking forward to his last shave tomorrow. Today, July 22, 2020, Kees […]
October 4, 2020
USA Today – Posts satirize Euthanasia Law: Hawaii bought ‘passing assistance pods’
Posts satirize euthanasia law, saying Hawaii bought ‘passing assistance pods’ USA Today, McKenzie Sadeghi The claim: Hawaii bought dozens of ‘passing assistance pods’ following the legalization of assisted suicide Social media posts across Facebook are sharing a satirical view of euthanasia, claiming Hawaii purchased 30 “passing assistance pods.” The claim originated on a satirical Facebook page, The State of Hawaii, which […]
February 3, 2020
‘With this I never have to depend on a doctor’ – New Dutch Report on Completed Life
Halfway through the conversation Henk (83) is suddenly holding a large key in his hands. He carefully walks down the stairs to the gray vault in the basement of his house. There he unpacks a small plastic box with two jars. There are two white pills in each jar. “Look,” he says cheerfully, holding one […]
January 13, 2020
Wall Street Journal – ‘My 100 Love Letters to my Dying Father’
Wall Street Journal, Kimberly Cutter
Two days before Christmas, my father told me he was thinking about shooting himself. It was the winter of 2014, and we were alone in his guesthouse in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I remember the cold electricity of the moment. I sat down on the coffee table and stared at him, blood ringing in my […]
December 10, 2019
History made as Voluntary Assisted Dying Dying becomes Law in WA
The McGowan Government’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill will now become law after the lower house signed off on the Legislative Council’s amendments. Western Australia has become the third jurisdiction in the federation – and 19th in the world – to legalise euthanasia, with the McGowan government’s voluntary assisted dying law clearing its final parliamentary hurdle […]
August 10, 2019
Euthanasia Police Raid Items Returned to Dr Nitschke
Andrew Hough, The Adelaide Advertiser
A controversial euthanasia advocate has criticised police after his personal belongings were returned yesterday – more than five years after raids on his Adelaide home.Major crime detectives interviewed voluntarily voluntary assisted dying campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke over the death of terminal cancer patient Max Bromson, 67, who died in a Glenelg motel on July 28, […]