{"id":3561,"date":"2019-06-15T23:44:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T15:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peacefulpillhandbook.com\/?p=3561"},"modified":"2019-06-19T04:29:50","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T19:59:50","slug":"derekhumphry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euthanasia.net\/pph\/derekhumphry\/","title":{"rendered":"Correction to Derek Humphry Assisted Suicide History Chronology"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week the Godfather of the Assisted Suicide movement, Derek Humphry<\/strong><\/a>, made an unfortunate, but significant, omission in his chronology of the history of Assisted Suicide laws up to and including June 2019.<\/p>\n

Exit is certain that this was nothing more than a sleight of the pencil, but in these days of ‘alternative facts’, the truth matters more than ever!<\/p>\n

Correction to Derek Humphry’s Chronology
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The first place in the world to allow a doctor to administer a legal, lethal, voluntary injection to a patient was the Northern Territory of Australia.<\/p>\n

The Rights of the Terminally Ill Act<\/em> <\/a><\/strong> was conceived and presented to the Northern Territory by then Chief Minister, Marshall Perron<\/strong><\/a>. The ROTI Act<\/strong> <\/em>was enacted 1 July 1996.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0 doctor who administered the first legal, lethal, voluntary injection (to patient Bob Dent (who was suffering from prostate cancer) was Exit International Founder & Director, Dr Philip Nitschke<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Rights of the Terminally Ill Act<\/em> <\/a><\/strong>lasted only nine months before it was overturned by the Euthanasia Laws Act<\/em><\/a><\/strong> in the Australian Federal Parliament. This Act became known as the Kevin Andrews<\/strong><\/a> Act (named after the conservative catholic politician from Melbourne who presented the Private Member’s bill to the Parliament).<\/p>\n

The law was able to be overturned thanks to Section 122 of the Australian Constitution<\/strong><\/a>. This historical quirk allows the Federal Parliament to make laws for the three territories of Australia. This Section does not apply to the States of Australia.<\/p>\n

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In his email blog on 14 June, Derek wrote:<\/p>\n

‘Various forms of medical assisted dying have been approved in the following \u00a0states and nations. \u00a0Each law has its own limits, rules and <\/em>guidelines. \u00a0All but Switzerland forbid foreigners this type of help to die. \u00a0Only Canada, \u00a0the Netherlands, Colombia and Belgium permit chosen death via doctor lethal injection as well as oral ingestion; all others are by doctor prescription which the patient drinks. A \u00a0policy statement in England gives clear guidance when helping another to die would not be prosecuted, but there is no law.’<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sydney Morning Herald – 1 July 1996<\/strong> (click on image to enlarge)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Corrected Historical Chronology
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  • Switzerland 1940<\/li>\n
  • Northern Territory of Australia (1 July 1996 – 27 March 1997)<\/li>\n
  • *Oregon\u00a0 (passed in 1994 but not enacted until late 1997)<\/li>\n
  • Colombia \u00a0l997<\/li>\n
  • The Netherlands \u00a02002<\/li>\n
  • Belgium \u00a02002<\/li>\n
  • *Washington \u00a02008<\/li>\n
  • Luxembourg \u00a0\u00a02009Montana \u00a0\u00a02009 (court ruling only)<\/li>\n
  • England & Wales \u00a02010 (prosecution policy statement only. No law.)*Vermont \u00a02014<\/li>\n
  • Quebec \u00a02015<\/li>\n
  • *California \u00a02016<\/li>\n
  • Canada \u00a02016<\/li>\n
  • *Colorado 2016<\/li>\n
  • Washington DC \u00a02017<\/li>\n
  • *Hawaii 2019<\/li>\n
  • *New Jersey \u00a02019<\/li>\n
  • Victoria (Australia) 2019<\/li>\n
  • *Maine (2019)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The 9 US states are \u00a0starred*:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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