Taxi driver seeks euthanasia

DARWIN - An Australian taxi driver dying of cancer is to starve himself to death if he loses his attempt to commit suicide under…

DARWIN - An Australian taxi driver dying of cancer is to starve himself to death if he loses his attempt to commit suicide under the world's first voluntary euthanasia law. Pro-euthanasia doctor Philip Nitschke said Mr Max Bell was just days away from death and wanted to end his pain as soon as possible.

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