Tue Dec 7, 2021 – 4:05 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — Medical authorities in Switzerland have authorized a disturbing new method of assisted suicide that employs personal “suicide pods” to further reduce oversight of the decision to end one’s life.
Unveiled years ago, Sarco Suicide Pod is a portable, 3D-printed, one-man capsule which can be flooded with nitrogen from inside, after the user answers one survey to be told the pod’s location, then another set of questions to confirm his or her intent to die.
“We want to remove any kind of psychiatric review from the process and allow the individual to control the method themselves,” says pod inventor Philip Nitschke of the group Exit International. “Our aim is to develop an artificial-intelligence screening system to establish the person’s mental capacity. Naturally, there is a lot of skepticism, especially on the part of psychiatrists.”
“The machine can be towed anywhere for the death,” he continued. “It can be in an idyllic outdoor setting or in the premises of an assisted-suicide organization, for example … It’s very comfortable … There is no panic, no choking.”
Pricing for the “service” has not yet been revealed, but the devices are
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