Opinion
This section of the Deliverance site
publishes a range of opinion pieces on voluntary
Euthanasia, the behaviour of politicians in
relation to the issue, about Dr. Nitschke's
actions in support of VE, this website, etc.
In late 1996 and early 1997 this website was
used to announce when a person had made use of
the ROTI Act (see January 97 news), to avoid the
distorting feeding frenzy of the mainstream
media on this issue. Besides establishing our
tradition of republishing media coverage, this
was the first time the internet was used in
Australia to issue press releases or make press
announcements. In fact the mainstream media in
Australia first got news of the second person to
use the NT ROTI Act via foreign wire service 4
hours after we posted the announcement. The
impact of this event on the media, and the way
Australian journalists now do their work, is
documented by John Casimir in his book A Boy
and his Mouse.
Featured here are excerpts from letters and
email received by Dr Nitschke during this
period, when terminally ill people in the NT
were able to take advantage of the ROTI Act
before the AMA/Churches campaign which led to
the Senate decision to overturn the NT Act.
Retired sections of the Guestbook connected
to this site are also published, including the
comments of public opponents of VE who visited
Deliverance, and our response to them, and to
the Senate decision to overturn the NT ROTI Act.
We have also republished opinion pieces from
the mainstream media by key opponents and
supporters of voluntary euthanasia for the
terminally ill.
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