Fed: Ethanasia laws would have stopped suicide - Nitschke
Euthanasia advocate Dr PHILIP NITSCHKE says an 80-year-old woman with no terminal illnesswouldn't have committed suicide had she had the option of euthanasia.
The woman, known only as RUTH, took a lethal overdose of a drug at her home in thecompany of friends last week.
Her death has prompted opponents of outlawed euthanasia to demand police stop Dr NITSCHKE'sactivities.
Dr NITSCHKE says RUTH had been planning her death for some time after suffering lossof vision and other ailments.
He's told Channel Seven that RUTH probably wouldn't have moved so prematurely had shehad the option of euthanasia if she'd become more infirm.
He says he consulted RUTH on several occasions and she had asked about various drugsand their consequences.
In recent weeks Perth woman LISETTE NIGOT and Bundaberg couple SYDNEY and MARJORIECROFT consulted Dr NITSCHKE although they weren't terminally ill, before committing suicide.
Right to Life Association president MARGARET TIGHE says it's time the whistle was blownon the doctor.
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KEYWORD: DIE (SYDNEY)
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