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Euthanasia Dr Death - Politics, Business, Civil, History - Posted: 5th Jun, 2011 - 12:19am
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Philip Nitschke
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Australia's Dr. Death: Spreading the Assisted Suicide Gospel By Wesley J. Smith
[Pro-Life Infonet: Wesley J. Smith, is an author and an attorney for the International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide and a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute.]
QUOTE There is an old folk wisdom: "You are known by the company you keep." As is true of most folk wisdom, the saying has much to recommend it. To use an extreme example, if you hung out with and financially supported a known terrorist, most people would reasonably think that you were a terrorist too.
Which brings to mind the Hemlock Society of the United States, perhaps the world's largest assisted-suicide advocacy group. No, they are not terrorists. But the organization's close association with and financial support for Australian suicide fanatic Dr. Philip Nitschke exposes how radical Hemlock really is.
For those who haven't heard of him, Nitschke is the Australian Jack Kevorkian. (The murderer Kevorkian is another Hemlock favorite despite his oft-stated goal of using assisted suicide to open the doors to "Obitiatry," E.g., medical experimentation on people being euthanized.) While Nitschke doesn't publicly assist suicides and dump the bodies of victims at local hospitals the way Kevorkian did, he does travel Australia and New Zealand giving well publicized how-to-commit-suicide classes. He also manufactures plastic suicide bags -- "The Exit Bag" -- for distribution to members of an Australian euthanasia advocacy group. Nitschke also hopes to purchase a suicide death ship to take past the Great Barrier Reef into international waters where he would engage in the mass euthanasia of sick and disabled people who wanted to die.
As surreal and macabre as all of this may sound, it is actually pretty conventional assisted-suicide-advocacy fare. What makes Nitschke stand out from the pack is his desire to give troubled teenagers access to a suicide concoction -- the so-called "Peaceful pill" -- that Nitschke is formulating from generally available household products.
Nitschke's promotion of suicide for troubled teens first came to light in a 2001 interview on National Review Online. At one point, NRO's Kathryn Jean Lopez asked Nitschke who would qualify for access to his suicide pill. His response was as chilling in its candor as it was for its utter disregard for the value of human life:
This difficult question I will answer in two parts. My personal position is that if we believe that there is a right to life, and then we must accept that people have a right to dispose of that life whenever they want?. I do not believe that telling people they have a right to life while denying them the means, manner, or information necessary for them to give this life away has any ethical consistency. So all people qualify, not just those with the training, knowledge, or resources to find out how to 'give away' their life. And someone needs to provide this knowledge, training, or resource necessary to anyone who wants it, including the depressed, the elderly bereaved, the troubled teen. If we are to remain consistent and we believe that the individual has the right to dispose of their life, we should not erect artificial barriers in the way of subgroups that don't meet our criteria.
In other words, assisted suicide should not be restricted to one "Subgroup" Of people with terminal illnesses.
"This would mean," Nitschke continued, that the so-called peaceful pill should be available in the supermarkets so that those old enough to understand death could obtain death peacefully at the time of their choosing."
Does Nitschke really believe this? Surely, some might say, he misspoke under the pressure of a microphone-in-the-face style interview.
But that excuse won't fly. This particular Q&A was done via e-mail -- so Nitschke had all the time he needed to write and edit his responses to NRO's questions. Nitschke wrote those words because he deeply believes them.
Nitschke's actions match his advocacy. He is currently hip deep in a heated controversy surrounding the suicide of an Australian woman named Nancy Crick. Crick became famous in Australia when she announced publicly that she was under the care of Nitschke and was planning her suicide, because, she and Nitschke said, she was dying from terminal cancer. That put the Australian media into an American-style feeding frenzy, which became white-hot, when, after months of equivocating, she finally killed herself in front of a group of awestruck euthanasia advocates who actually applauded when she took the pills. (Nitschke, fearing jail, left Crick's side before she did the deed.)
Then came the autopsy. Oops. It turned out that Crick was not dying from cancer. Moreover, Nitschke soon admitted that he and Crick both knew that she wasn't terminally ill. However, rather than being repentant or embarrassed that he had supported Crick's suicide desire even though he knew she wasn't dying, Nitschke argued that her non-terminal condition was "Irrelevant" Because she was "hopelessly ill" With a painful digestive problem. Only later did he halfheartedly apologize for lying to the media.
How is Hemlock involved in this madness? The organization has paid Nitschke tens of thousands of dollars to develop the "Peaceful pill." Moreover, despite his outspoken advocacy for making the peaceful pill available to troubled teens and in supermarkets, Hemlock recently invited Nitschke to present "What's New in Hastening the Dying Process" At their January National Convention in San Diego, Calif.
Clearly, the Hemlock Society likes Philip Nitschke.
This did not surprise those of us who pay close attention to Hemlock Society advocacy. In recent years, the organization's publicly stated beliefs have become increasingly Nitschke-like. For example, little noticed by the media, the Hemlock Society of the United States recently announced that it no longer wants to restrict the legalization of assisted suicide to people with terminal illnesses. Rather, it now urges that assisted suicide be available legally to people who are not dying, specifically to the "hopelessly ill," That is, to people like Nancy Crick.
Hemlock's leaders have privately expressed such beliefs for years. Thus, in 1998, Dr. Richard McDonald, Hemlock's medical director, joined Nitschke and other assisted-suicide physician ideologues in signing the "Zurich Declaration on Assisted Dying." Meant more for private rather than public consumption, the Zurich Declaration called for the legalization of assisted suicide "For all competent adults suffering severe and enduring distress." This comes very close to Nitschke's death-on-demand philosophy. No wonder Hemlock loves Nitschke.
Yes, we are known by the company we keep. Through their moral and financial support of the odious Philip Nitschke, the Hemlock Society has revealed its true colors. Society should judge the organization and its advocacy, accordingly.
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Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal; December 9, 2002
QUOTE Nevada Man Charged With Two Crimes in Attack on Pregnant Mom
Las Vegas, NV -- The death of an unborn child has resulted in a manslaughter charge filed against a Las Vegas man.
In what officials are describing as an extremely rare case, authorities allege that Jesus Villagomez stabbed his pregnant girlfriend in the stomach during a domestic dispute at an apartment in October.
The stab wound resulted in the death of the baby she was carrying.
Villagomez was originally arrested on an attempted murder charge, but authorities later tacked on a charge of manslaughter of an unborn quick child against Villagomez. Nevada law doesn't define a "Quick child," Though elsewhere it has been defined as a child that has developed to the point it can move within the uterus.
Villagomez's attorneys question whether their client can even be prosecuted, saying such a charge would be invalid if the child would not have been viable outside the womb.
"It is my opinion that this prosecution is a legal impossibility," Said defense
Attorney Robert Draskovich.
Villagomez's prior attorney, Frank Kocka, said the charge of manslaughter of an unborn quick child is an extremely rare event in Nevada.
"It's a seldom if ever used statute that most defense attorneys will never see," Kocka said.
But Clark County Deputy District Attorney Ravi Bawa said the state is on solid legal ground.
"Whether or not the fetus was killed as a result of the defendant's actions
-- that is a fact for a jury to decide," Bawa said.
According to court records, Villagomez and his girlfriend had a history of domestic violence disputes. Kocka said evidence presented at Villagomez's preliminary hearing indicated there was a heated dispute over the pregnancy.
The woman has told authorities that Villagomez attacked her with a knife, inflicting the injuries.
Kocka said, however, during the preliminary hearing that he pursued the possibility that the woman's stab wounds might have been self-inflicted. "She thought the baby was to blame (For the argument)," Kocka said.
During a preliminary hearing, Justice of the Peace Ann Zimmerman heard arguments on whether the charge of manslaughter of an unborn quick child was appropriate. She bound Villagomez over to District Court on the manslaughter and attempted murder charges.
Bawa said he is aware of at least two other Nevada cases in which individuals have been prosecuted in the death of a quick child. And, he said, Nevada statute is clear.
"A person who willfully kills an unborn quick child by an injury committed upon the mother of the child commits manslaughter," Bawa said, reading from state statute.
If convicted of the manslaughter charge, Villagomez faces a possible sentence of one to 10 years in prison.
Las Vegas, NV -- The death of an unborn child has resulted in a manslaughter charge filed against a Las Vegas man.
In what officials are describing as an extremely rare case, authorities allege that Jesus Villagomez stabbed his pregnant girlfriend in the stomach during a domestic dispute at an apartment in October.
The stab wound resulted in the death of the baby she was carrying.
Villagomez was originally arrested on an attempted murder charge, but authorities later tacked on a charge of manslaughter of an unborn quick child against Villagomez. Nevada law doesn't define a "Quick child," Though elsewhere it has been defined as a child that has developed to the point it can move within the uterus.
Villagomez's attorneys question whether their client can even be prosecuted, saying such a charge would be invalid if the child would not have been viable outside the womb.
"It is my opinion that this prosecution is a legal impossibility," Said defense
Attorney Robert Draskovich.
Villagomez's prior attorney, Frank Kocka, said the charge of manslaughter of an unborn quick child is an extremely rare event in Nevada.
"It's a seldom if ever used statute that most defense attorneys will never see," Kocka said.
But Clark County Deputy District Attorney Ravi Bawa said the state is on solid legal ground.
"Whether or not the fetus was killed as a result of the defendant's actions
-- that is a fact for a jury to decide," Bawa said.
According to court records, Villagomez and his girlfriend had a history of domestic violence disputes. Kocka said evidence presented at Villagomez's preliminary hearing indicated there was a heated dispute over the pregnancy.
The woman has told authorities that Villagomez attacked her with a knife, inflicting the injuries.
Kocka said, however, during the preliminary hearing that he pursued the possibility that the woman's stab wounds might have been self-inflicted. "She thought the baby was to blame (For the argument)," Kocka said.
During a preliminary hearing, Justice of the Peace Ann Zimmerman heard arguments on whether the charge of manslaughter of an unborn quick child was appropriate. She bound Villagomez over to District Court on the manslaughter and attempted murder charges.
Bawa said he is aware of at least two other Nevada cases in which individuals have been prosecuted in the death of a quick child. And, he said, Nevada statute is clear.
"A person who willfully kills an unborn quick child by an injury committed upon the mother of the child commits manslaughter," Bawa said, reading from state statute.
If convicted of the manslaughter charge, Villagomez faces a possible sentence of one to 10 years in prison.
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Post Date: 4th Jan, 2006 - 9:07pm / Post ID: #
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'DR DEATH' PROMOTES SUICIDE PILLS IN NZ
The first suicide pill could be made in New Zealand this year after about 30 people attended a Wellington workshop run by controversial Australian euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke.
Ref. https://www.stuff.co.nz/hlc/1,,93498~3530073a10~,00.html
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Reading about people like this absolutely makes me sick to my stomach. I remember when I was in journalism in high school I read an article about the Exit Bag, and was completely appalled. It's nothing more than a plastic bag that helps you suffocate yourself. Not to sound morbid, but if somebody is wanting to commit suicode via suffocation, why buy the tool you can get for free? This man, if you can call him that, is preying off the lonely, depressed, and hopeless population of our world to fill his pocket. He's indulging himself in this sick lifestyle of taking other peoples' lives in an indirect way. You would think that the Australian government would do something about this.
Post Date: 5th Jun, 2011 - 12:19am / Post ID: #
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Dr. Jack Kevorkian
Dr. Jack Kevorkian, 83, has died after a blood clot lodged in his heart, according to the Detroit Free Press.
His lawyer told the paper it appears a blood clot from his leg broke free and lodged in his heart. "It was peaceful. He didn't feel a thing," the lawyer said. Ref. CNN
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