'Euthanasia pods' are the logical conclusion for a culture of death

Exit International, the Australian-based international nonprofit organization that advocates the legalization of voluntary euthanasia, has completed a prototype for a suicide capsule machine that it hopes to soon make available worldwide.

In truth, the invention is mesmerizing. Its sleek, space-aged design is straight out of a “Star Trek” movie. But instead of being hooked up to a jetpack, the pod’s base is a detachable coffin — inhabitants aren’t catapulted into a faraway galaxy but lowered down into the cramped confines of eternal rest.