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The First Legal 'Physician-Assisted Suicide'
In 1996 an Australian doctor legally helped a terminally ill man to end his life, also the Congresswoman who didn't vote for "the War on Terror".
In 1996 an Australian doctor legally helped a terminally ill man to end his life, using a lethal injection attached to a computer, also, the Congresswoman who didn't vote for "the War on Terror", the changing law on domestic violence in Brazil, the curious case of 18th century woman who claimed to be giving birth to rabbits and a gold rush in Australia.
(Photo: Dr Nitschke with his computer and automated syringe. Copyright: Philip Nitschke)
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