A 'Suicide Club' Has Been Launched In Britain By Australia's Dr. Death, To Help People Kill Themselves

A "Suicide Club" is set up in Britain to provide advice and equipment to help people end their lives. This might come as a shocker to many. Exit International, a non-profit organization advocating legalization of euthanasia, opened an office in London to deal with the increase in demand for euthanasia after 1000 people sought membership in its organization.

The group is set up by an Australian doctor Philip Nitschke, who is named Dr. Death. He believes that everyone has the right to take their own lives, further asserting that no one could deny them this basic "fundamental right."

Exit International charges members a fee to get online information and attend workshops that discuss peaceful methods of suicide. This organization has its origin in Australia and was criticized for its view on helping people to end their lives.

According to the Daily Mail, the organization campaigns for the terminally ill, including the aged who are fed up with life and would like to end it by using drugs or gas in what it calls rational suicide. Exit International informs its members on how to acquire lethal drugs used to kill U.S. Death Row Prisoners.

It sells kits to members to check the purity and power of controlled Class B drug within their own homes. It also gives instructions on how people can gas themselves using a "Do-it yourself kit." Apart from assisting its members to committing suicide, it also gives tips on how those assisting a suicide can avoid persecution.

Those who oppose euthanasia and even those who support it said that the ways of Exit International is very dangerous. People are concerned about it spreading in the U.K which could lead to untold tragedies.

The site further reported that Exit International has been "implicated in the death of Anne Veasey from Yorkshire who was suffering from multiple sclerosis." A debate is set to be held next month, in the House of Lords. The debate would look into the need for a bill that would allow doctors to help patients take their lives in particular instances.

Next Saturday the inauguration of Exit U.K. would be held. Members would be given a free entry to the event as they pay £60 a year. Non-members would have to a one-off fee of around £50. Membership is limited to those over 50 who have no medical records of any mental illness. As of young members, only those with terminal illness will be allowed. However there is no proof that those following the criteria are only allowed in the organization. As long as they check the terms and conditions box that confirms the applicant is over 50 years of age, is seriously ill and have never been diagnosed with a mental disorder, they can get in.

The Mirror reported that opponents such as Tory Peer Lord Alton, who is campaigning against assisted suicide, calls their act as "downright irresponsible."

Kevin Fitzpatrick, of the anti-euthanasia group Not Dead Yet, said, "Nitschke is not only playing on people's emotions, but he is profiting from them."