X-Message-Number: 7094 Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 18:44:30 -0700 From: David Brandt-Erichsen <> Subject: Australia update The information which follows is based on a Reuter's news release written by Terry Friel. CANBERRA, Australia, Oct 29, 1996 - Dr. Philip Nitschke, an Australian euthanasia supporter, warned Tuesday that some terminally ill patients might hasten to seek approval to use the world's first voluntary euthanasia law fearful that the law might be overturned by Australian politicians. "People are feeling they want to act quickly because they see there's a window of opportunity and it's about to be slammed shut," said Nitschke, who in September helped cancer patient, Bob Dent, become the first to die using the law. Dent's son, Rod, made an impassioned plea on Monday to politicians not to overturn the law. Australia's parliament Monday began debating a bill to overturn the law, which took effect in the remote Northern Territory in July. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=7094