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The Sarco pod (also known as Pegasos, and sometimes referred to as a "suicide pod" [1]) is a euthanasia device or machine consisting of a 3D-printed detachable capsule mounted on a stand that contains a canister of liquid nitrogen to die by suicide through inert gas asphyxiation. "Sarco" is short for "sarcophagus".
The Sarco would contain a touchpad and nitrogen, and once an activation code is entered, "the person is again asked if they wish to die". [16] An affirmative answer causes nitrogen to flow into the capsule, displacing oxygen, and death follows shortly thereafter. The Sarco machine cannot be printed on small 3D printers.
A secluded forest near Merishausen, Switzerland, became the center of controversy when a so-called "suicide capsule" claimed its first life under deeply questionable circumstances.The death of an ...
In 2007, The Vancouver Sun cited Russel Ogden, Canadian criminologist and right-to-die advocate, [15] who said that the combination of a suicide bag and helium was "a method of choice" within the right-to-die movement for people who are terminally ill and that its promotion does not appear to cause an increase in the number of suicides. However ...
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Voluntary euthanasia is the purposeful ending of another person's life at their request, in order to relieve them of suffering.Voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) have been the focus of intense debate in the 21st century, surrounding the idea of a right to die.
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