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July 20, 2025
New Sarco Goes Into Production
While the Swiss prosecutor ponders his next move in the on-going investigation in the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen, a new Sarco goes into production in the Netherlands. The ‘Double Dutch’ Sarco is a twin pod, that can be configured to accommodate either one or two people. Elderly couples dying together is a rising trend. Demand […]
July 13, 2025
San Diego Reader Relives the Good O’ Days of Tijuana Nembutal
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical edition, which was once large enough to hold whole oceans of print. These stories will feature all the original illustrations […]
July 13, 2025
New Exit Documentary to be shown at Crete Film Festival
A new documentary film Sweet Death (Dulce Muerte) is to be shown in competition at the Ierapetra International Documentary Festival, in August 2025 in Crete, Greece. Sweet Death is directed by Analeine Cal y Mayor (Mexico). The Executive Producer is Viggo Mortensen. The Premiere Sweet Death will premiere on 3 August. A second screening […]
July 11, 2025
Suicides in Switzerland quadruple among older people
Suicides in Switzerland quadruple among older people reports Swiss Info EDITOR’S NOTE: Athanasios Association is the only group who prioritises people who are elderly but not seriously ill. Read more in Going to Switzerland: how to plan your Final Exit. Suicides in Switzerland quadruple among older people A journey of no return: the barbiturate sodium […]
July 5, 2025
White House accuses Britain of ‘state-sponsored suicide’
White House accuses Britain of ‘state-sponsored suicide’ as Donald Trump wades in on assisted dying ‘surrender’ reports Ed Griffiths. The White House has launched a scathing attack on Britain over Parliament’s support for assisted dying legislation, with the US state department condemning it as “state-sponsored suicide”. The US Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour […]
June 29, 2025
Exit Member Author Maurice Gee Calls Law Cruel & Intrusive
Exit Member Author Maurice Gee Calls Law Cruel & Intrusivereports Virginia Fallon in The Press. Acclaimed author Maurice Gee’s death has put assisted dying back in the spotlight – with some Kiwis pushing for change, and others fearing undue pressure on the elderly and disabled. In the end, Maurice Gee was right where he wanted […]
June 21, 2025
Could the House of Lords block the assisted suicide bill?
By Dan Hitchens in The Spectator Could the House of Lords block the assisted suicide bill, which was approved by the Commons yesterday? It would be pretty unusual for the Lords to do so. But then nothing about the bill has been usual. Proponents like to compare Kim Leadbeater’s bill to the big private member’s […]
June 14, 2025
How often can you perform euthanasia and still remain ethical?
Interview with Bert Keizer – one of the Netherland’s most outspoken & experienced euthanasia doctors. There is considerable consensus about quantity in medicine. If you go to hospital for an operation, you want to know that the doctor who is going to perform it is competent. Nobody wants to be operated on by a doctor […]
June 8, 2025
Was the late Sarco euthanasia assistant Willet wrongfully held in custody in Schaffhausen?
Was the late Sarco euthanasia assistant Willet wrongfully held in custody for too long in Schaffhausen? Euthanasia assistant Florian Willet helped a woman take her own life using a suicide capsule, came under the scrutiny of the Schaffhausen criminal justice system – and then chose to take his own life. Now, documents are raising new […]
June 3, 2025
Director of Sarco dies by assisted suicide after “unconscionable” detention
Director of Sarco suicide capsule dies by assisted suicide after “unconscionable” detention by Maud Effting and Haro Kraak. The director of the Swiss suicide capsule Sarco, Florian Willet (47), has died by assisted suicide. He died in Germany at the beginning of May. Willet had fallen into serious mental health problems after the Swiss authorities […]
