Australia’s Dr. Death Lobbies for Euthanasia Down Under

May 18, 2011

When Jane was diagnosed with a muscle-wasting disease five years ago, she was active, physically healthy and had a full-time job. Today, the 70-year-old, who has asked her real name not be used, weighs just 92 pounds. She had to give up her job last year after her foot slipped between the brake and the accelerator on the drive home from work one day; she didn’t notice until the car swerved. “I thought I should stop driving before I kill someone,” Jane says, from her home in Australia. “As for killing myself, I wouldn’t mind.” (TIME)