Australian euthanasia activists arrested for assisted suicide death trafficking.

Alex Schadenberg
Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

Luca Ittimani reported for the Guardian on September 15 that Australian Police charged Ian George Taylor, Brett Daniel Taylor and Elaine Arch-Rowe with aiding suicide in the deaths of at least twp people and are being investigated over three Australian states in at least 20 deaths.

Even though Australian states have legalized assisted suicide, Taylor allegedly set-up a fake charity to obtain drugs that are used to euthanize animals for the purpose of aiding the suicides, for profit.

Ian George Taylor

Rex Martinich reported for AAP news on September 21 that:

Ian George Taylor, of Ashmore, on Friday faced Southport Magistrates Court on Queensland's Gold Coast charged with once count each of possessing and trafficking drugs.

Police allege Taylor, aged 80, trafficked animal euthanasia drugs on April 5, less than a week before his son, Brett Daniel Taylor, 53, allegedly helped a quadriplegic man to take his own life.

Brett Daniel Taylor

Martinich further reported that:

The Taylors and Southport woman Elaine Arch-Rowe, 81, were charged on September 15 following an investigation into the death of 43-year-old David Llewellyn Bedford at Hope Island on April 11.

Taylor is also accused of trafficking drugs in September when his son and Arch-Rowe allegedly attempted to aid an undercover police operative to kill themselves.

Elaine Arch-Rowe

An article by Greg Stolz that was published by the Courier Mail states that:

An undercover operative posing as a suicide candidate helped bust open a $12,000-per-dose euthanasia drug ring operating on the Gold Coast.

An ABC news Australia article by Alexandria Utting stated that:

Mr Taylor operated a business called End of Life Services, which according to its website helped to "plan and administer a loved [one's] passing", including preparing wills and enduring power of attorney documents.

Utting also reported that Elaine Arch-Rowe, 81, who was also charged:

She was formerly a coordinator of the Gold Coast chapter of Exit International, a euthanasia advocacy organisation.

Exit International is the group that is founded and operated by Philip Nitschke, the man who has been promoting the Sarco suicide machine.

Utting reported that Taylor had plans to grow his killing business:

In the documents, police alleged Mr Taylor told Ms Arch-Row in intercepted telephone calls that he would be the largest supplier of pentobarbital in Australia within 12 months.

Police alleged Mr Taylor also compared the selling of pentobarbital for assisted suicide to a "drug cartel" and planned to move the business overseas once he had made enough money.

Several articles suggested that Taylor and Arch-Rowe identified potential death clients by working with other euthanasia and assisted suicide organizations.

This case shows you the inter-connections between euthanasia organizations and activists on a world-wide basis. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition will continue following this story.