$20 Suicide Pods Coming to Switzerland

The “Tesla of euthanasia” is the nickname given to portable “suicide pods” being brought into Switzerland by an assisted suicide advocacy group.

For $20, these 3D printed pods are reported to offer users a painless death as the pods use nitrogen hypoxia which kills the individual in less than 10 minutes.

In Switzerland, assisted suicide is provided so long as a terminally ill patient committs the fatal act by their own hand. There is one legal stipulation, however, Article 115 of the Swiss Criminal Code states that those assist with a suicide for selfish reasons will face jail time.

According to Switzerland’s Last Resort organization, there is no legal objection to the use of these pods.

“There is no reliable information about the method of killing” and that “[it is] completely unclear who has control over which mechanical process during the dying process,” Swiss lawmakers have argued.

The falsely portrayed “ethical” element these pods possess as argued by the group comes by way of the oxygen being rapidly replaced with nitrogen in order to give the person who is committing suicide a “peaceful, even euphoric” death.

Before entering the pods, those who wish to end their own lives must first pass a psychiatric assessment.

Devastatingly, if an individual enters the pod and self initiates the process there is no way of turning back because “once you press that button, there’s no way of going back,” said Philip Nitschke, the inventor of the Sarco.

It is not yet known when the first suicide will take place in one of these pods but it will take place “soon,” according to Last Resort.

Lawyer Fiona Stewart, who sits on Last Resort’s board, stated, “We really don’t want a person’s desire for a peaceful passing in Switzerland to turn into a media circus.”

Disturbingly, the pod is marketed as a two for one deal seeing as the pod is made out of biodegradable materials, and therefore, doubles as a coffin.

Alabama is using nitrogen hypoxia as an execution method for criminals and first used this method back in January of this year where witnesses of the criminal (a murderer) being executed said he appeared to be awake and in a considerable amount of pain for many minutes before dying.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that pods like the Sarco, if they malfunctioned, would likely cause a significantly painful death.

Conclusion

The calls for and the legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide across the world are ever increasing.

As it is written in Matthew 24, one of the signs of Christ’s soon return is that the “Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold” (Matthew 24:12).

The very creation of these pods means there is a demand, and that in and of itself is devastating, but at the same time, it also speaks to the current culture.

Culture says that our lives are our own, there is a prevailing selfishness that corrupts the gift of life given to each and every one of us by God. This demonic message of our culture also reveals what many think of others – that they are disposable.

The love of most has grown cold, love for others and love for the gift of their own life and this is yet another sign that we truly are living in the last days before Jesus returns.

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