Euthanasia Advocates Now Promoting “Rational Suicide”
Oct 18, 2021 19:06:07 GMT -5
Post by Berean on Oct 18, 2021 19:06:07 GMT -5
Euthanasia Advocates Now Promoting “Rational Suicide” Even For Children
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REFORMATION CHARLOTTE
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OCTOBER 18, 2021
As euthanasia and right-to-die activists debate the use of a new lethal drug for euthanasia in the Netherlands, certain activists are promoting ‘rational suicide’ as an alternative to the current legislative framework.
Philip Nitschke and his partner, Fiona Stewart, are leading advocates of the ‘rational suicide’ movement, which believes that any person of “sound mind” over the age of 18 has the right to “request & be granted assistance with suicide if necessary or desired”.
Whereas advocates of euthanasia and assisted suicide typically promote its legality for those who are terminally ill or near the end of their lives, the ‘rational suicide’ movement, believes that any adult has the “right to implement plans for the end of their life so that their death is reliable, peaceful and at a time of their choosing”, regardless of any other considerations.
Nitschke’s organization ‘Exit International’, defines a rational suicide as “the unassisted but well considered death of a mentally competent adult who may or may not be suffering from a serious medical illness”. In addition to promoting ‘rational suicide’, Exit International manufactures devices to assist with suicide and provides advice for those seeking to end their lives via these means.
In a podcast, Nitschke and Stewart candidly discuss a range of issues linked with ‘rational suicide’, the latest of which being the dispute in the Netherlands over the use of sodium azide, a lethal drug otherwise known as “Middel X”.
Assisted suicide and euthanasia in the UK
Assisted suicide and euthanasia remain illegal in the UK and have consistently been rejected by Parliament, which recognizes the inherent danger that this kind of legislation represents, especially to people who are sick and/or elderly.
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