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December 18, 2024
More Spaniards Request Euthanasia
The number of applications for euthanasia in Spain increased significantly in 2023, with an increase of almost 25% compared to the previous year. This is according to the Ministry of Health’s annual report analysing the 2023 figures. A total of 766 applications were submitted, of which 334 were eventually carried out. This means that only […]
December 8, 2024
Registrations are now closed
The next Workshop-Webinar will be held on16/17 January 2025 on the Topic of ‘How to Avoid Mistakes on your Final Day’. This workshop-webinar will address the dos and donts of what to do in the lead-up to one’s lawful, elective, DIY and self-determined death. The session will cover a range of strategies. ONLINE WORKSHOP-WEBINARS Are […]
December 2, 2024
Florian is Free at Last!
Today, on the 70th day of his pre-trial detention, the President of The Last Resort Swiss association, Dr Florian Willet, has been released from custody by the Schaffhausen public prosecutor’s office. Speaking on behalf of Exit International, Dr Philip Nitschke has said that he ‘welcomes the release and is pleased the rule of law in […]
December 1, 2024
The Worst Thought-Out Legal Framework Anywhere in the World?
The terminally ill adults (end of life) bill will allow adults in England and Wales who are terminally ill to be provided with assistance to end their own life. The current law on assisted dying needs to be reformed, but this bill is not the solution. It proposes a morally questionable law that is likely […]
November 27, 2024
Will suicide capsule Sarco come to the Netherlands?
‘People say: when can I get in?’ Coöperatie Laatste Wil, the organisation that previously introduced Middel X, wants to try to bring suicide capsule Sarco into use in the Netherlands via a tolerated construction. From December, interested parties can register, although supplying the Sarco may be punishable. Maud Effting and Haro Kraak – are journalists […]
November 24, 2024
BBC Hardtalk in 2015 to Times Radio in 2024
It is hard to believe it is 9 years since Exit Founder, Dr Philip Nitschke appeared on Hardtalk on the BBC where he argued that a good death should be a universal human right. Fast forward to the present and the UK is debating the antithesis of this argument: that a good death should be […]
