For thirty-six years, a man named Jay has lived with a debilitating illness and the heavy-duty painkillers needed to manage it, and he has decided he wants to end his life on his own terms. Because assisted suicide is illegal in Australia, he applies to an organization overseas for the medical approval he needs. ABC reporter Liz Jackson follows Jay through his daily routine, sits in as he explains his decision to family and friends, and stays with him as he assembles the documentation required to win approval abroad. Jay is direct about what he is asking for and what he is not: he insists his plan is not suicide in the way society usually means it, distinguishing it from acts of despair like hanging or jumping. The film uses his case to press a narrower question than most on this subject attempt: why does Australian law force someone with an incurable condition to travel to another country to die, and why do politicians avoid debating it openly? Jay's own answer is simpler, that the choice belongs to him alone.