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An assisted suicide organization has announced that, for the time being, they are no longer accepting applications to die via the \u201cSarco\u201d suicide pod, <\/span>CNN reports<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dubbed the \u201c<\/span>Tesla of euthanasia<\/span><\/a>,\u201d the device is a slickly-designed, 3D-printed, portable gas chamber \u2013 the perverse brainchild of Dr. Philip Nitschke, director of the pro-assisted suicide organization Exit International, which also oversaw its design, use, and dissemination.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As of Monday, reportedly 371 people were in the process of applying to use the Sarco.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The device was used to kill an unnamed 64-year-old American mother of two earlier this year in a forest near Schaffhausen, which borders Germany. Florian Willet, president of the Swiss arm of Exit International The Last Resort, was the only person present at the scene of the crime when police arrived, although reportedly Nitschke <\/span>watched<\/span><\/a> via a camera inside the pod. Willet was arrested after prosecutors were tipped off to the suicide by a <\/span>local law firm<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

A Dutch journalist and two Swiss citizens have also been detained, and prosecutors have initiated criminal proceedings against them for aiding and abetting a suicide. Police also seized the device at the scene.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

READ: Woman who lost both parents to assisted suicide now wants it legal everywhere<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Exit International\u2019s suspension of death applications comes after a <\/span>coordinated police raid<\/span><\/a> on the organization\u2019s Haarlem, Netherlands headquarters. Authorities <\/span>confiscated<\/span><\/a> computers and a prototype of the pod in the raid.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Switzerland has some of the least restrictive assisted suicide laws in Europe and is often the site of \u201cdeath tourism.\u201d As Live Action News has <\/span>reported<\/span><\/a>, two healthy sisters underwent euthanasia in the country in 2022, the same year assisted suicide businesses <\/span>complained<\/span><\/a> about a set of non-binding guidelines attempting to make it more difficult to attempt euthanasia. In 2020, the country okayed euthanasia for <\/span>prisoners<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, despite the country\u2019s permissive attitude, the Sarco was not legal in the country at the time of its use.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe warned them in writing,\u201d said prosecutor Peter Sticher, according to <\/span>Swiss media<\/span><\/a>. \u201cWe said that if they came to Schaffhausen and used Sarco, they would face criminal consequences.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It is unclear whether Nitschke would be extradited to face charges.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Last year, Pope Francis minced no words when it came to the evils of euthanasia. \u201cYou don\u2019t play with life, neither at the beginning nor at the end,\u201d he <\/span>said to journalists<\/span><\/a>. \u201cIt is not played with! Whether it is the law not to let the child grow in the mother\u2019s womb or the law of euthanasia in disease and old age. I am not saying it is a faith thing, but it is a human thing: There is bad compassion.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Urge Walmart, Costco, Kroger, and other major chains to resist pressure to dispense the abortion pill<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An assisted suicide organization has announced that, for the time being, they are no longer accepting applications to die via the \u201cSarco\u201d suicide pod, CNN reports.\u00a0 Dubbed the \u201cTesla of euthanasia,\u201d the device is a slickly-designed, 3D-printed, portable gas chamber \u2013 the perverse brainchild of Dr. Philip Nitschke, director of the pro-assisted suicide organization Exit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":606,"featured_media":320051,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[4,3473],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nAssisted suicide group halts applications to die via 'Sarco' pod... for now<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An assisted suicide group has announced that for the time being, they are no longer accepting applications to die via the \u201cSarco\u201d suicide pod.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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