Euthanasia group to make plastic suicide bags

AN Australian pro-euthanasia group said yesterday that it would begin making free plastic bags to help its members commit suicide.

Made of thick, clear plastic and large enough to fit over a person’s head, the “Exit bag” has an adjustable elastic collar that can be tightened to slowly deprive the user of oxygen.

“They are the poor person’s access to a peaceful death,” said Philip Nitschke, the doctor who founded the Exit group.