Everything about Philip Nitschke totally explained
Philip Nitschke (born 1947) is an
Australian
medical doctor,
Humanist and founder of the pro-
euthanasia group
Exit. He successfully campaigned to have a legal euthanasia law passed in Australia's
Northern Territory and assisted four people in ending their lives before the law was overturned by the
Federal government.
Since then, he's provided advice to others who have ended their lives, mostly notably
Nancy Crick, aged 69. On
May 22,
2002, Crick, with over a dozen friends and family (but not Nitschke) present, took a lethal dose of
barbiturates and went quickly to sleep and died within 20 minutes. Nitschke had suggested Nancy Crick was suffering from a recurrence of her bowel cancer. Most of his criticism for this case came after it was revealed that Nancy Crick wasn't terminally ill at all.
In
January 2007, he published the controversial book
The Peaceful Pill Handbook, which was prohibited by federal censorship regulator, the
Office of Film and Literature Classification (Australia) at the end of
February 2007 . The book was banned in
New Zealand on 8 June 2007 by the
Office of Film and Literature Classification (New Zealand), not because it advocates for euthanasia but because it gives instructions on drug manufacture and other crimes. In May 2008 it was allowed for sale if sealed and an indication of the censorship classification was displayed.
He has been criticised for his stance on euthanasia, and for creating and providing devices to aid people who want euthanasia, including a product called the "exit bag" and the "CoGen" device. Used together, the CoGen device generates the deadly gas
carbon monoxide, which is inhaled with the "exit bag." He caused controversy in
New Zealand when he announced plans to accompany eight New Zealanders to
Mexico and help them purchase the potentially life-ending drug
Nembutal.
In 1998, Nitschke was recognised as the Australian
Humanist of the Year by the
Council of Australian Humanist Societies.
In the
2007 Australian Federal Election, Dr Nitschke ran against the Australian politician
Kevin Andrews in the
Victorian seat of
Menzies but was unsuccessful.
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