{"id":5043,"date":"2019-02-12T01:43:06","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T17:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exitinternational.net\/?p=5043"},"modified":"2019-02-12T01:46:03","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T17:16:03","slug":"the-right-to-choose-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euthanasia.net\/exit\/the-right-to-choose-death\/","title":{"rendered":"The Right to Choose Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Philip Nitschke is now 71 years of age, but he was almost 50 when he<br \/>\ncame up with a device he called a \u201cdeliverance machine\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian doctor set up a bedside computer that was designed \u2013 once three unambiguous questions were answered affirmatively \u2013 to administer a lethal dose of barbiturates, intravenously, with one click.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Nitschke and his contemporaries in the right-to-die movement have moved on from rudimentary beginnings (including, at the start, makeshift techniques using helium balloon kits and plastic bags) to newer, more elaborate means of ending one\u2019s own life &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d0peycYFan\"><strong>Read More<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/exitinternational.net\/the-right-to-choose-death\/business-post\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5044\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5044\" src=\"https:\/\/exitinternational.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Business-Post-620x402.jpg\" alt=\"Business Post\" width=\"620\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.euthanasia.net\/exit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Business-Post-620x402.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.euthanasia.net\/exit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Business-Post-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.euthanasia.net\/exit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Business-Post-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.euthanasia.net\/exit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Business-Post-600x389.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.euthanasia.net\/exit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Business-Post-220x143.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.euthanasia.net\/exit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Business-Post-130x84.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.euthanasia.net\/exit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Business-Post-1320x856.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philip Nitschke is now 71 years of age, but he was almost 50 when he came up with a device he called a \u201cdeliverance machine\u201d. The Australian doctor set up a bedside computer that was designed \u2013 once three unambiguous questions were answered affirmatively \u2013 to administer a lethal dose of barbiturates, intravenously, with one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.9.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euthanasia.net\/exit\/the-right-to-choose-death\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Right to Choose Death - Exit International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Philip Nitschke is now 71 years of age, but he was almost 50 when he came up with a device he called a \u201cdeliverance machine\u201d. 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