April 12, 2025
UK Probe Launched into Suicide Chat Forums
A pro-suicide forum is under investigation by the UK’s online regulator – its first using new powers under the Online Safety Act. The forum, which Ofcom has not named, is understood to be a site BBC News has been investigating for the last three years, linking it to at least 50 deaths in the UK. […]
April 10, 2025
Man Arrested in UK – Investigated for 29 Assisted Suicide Deaths
The law in the UK prohibits people from assisting the suicide of others, though prosecutions are incredibly rare, ITV News UK Editor Paul Brand reports A man has been arrested in the UK on suspicion of encouraging or assisting the suicide of a British person in Switzerland, with police potentially investigating dozens more deaths. Sean […]
April 6, 2025
When Compassion is called Murder by the Police?
When Compassion is called Murder … A Queensland woman Kylie Truswell-Mobbs has been charged with murder after allegedly ‘accelerating’ her dying husband’s death. Police claim the woman gave her partner a ‘double dose’ of pain medication, killing him within hours reports Demi Huang for 7News Australia. A Queensland woman has been charged with the alleged […]
March 30, 2025
Swiss clinic helps UK woman die without her family’s knowledge
Swiss clinic helps UK woman die without her family’s knowledge An assisted dying clinic in Switzerland has helped a British woman to end her life without informing her family, despite reportedly claiming to have changed its practices after a similar incident in 2023. Anne Canning, 51, from Wales, travelled to the Pegasos clinic near the […]
March 25, 2025
Euthanasia Trends Upwards in the Netherlands
Last year, a total of 9,958 euthanasia cases were registered with the review committees reports Eva Klute for de Volkskrant. This increase can be partially explained by the ageing population, but the number of euthanasia notifications also rose in relation to the total mortality rate: from 5.4 to 5.8 percent. There is no reason to […]
March 23, 2025
Exit Member & Nobel Prize Winner Daniel Kahneman
In what would, at the time, be treated as a top secret death, Exit Member Daniel Kahneman used Exit’s Swiss Application Assistance Program to get help to die in Switzerland. Assisted by Exit and accompanied by an Exit support person on the day, with Exit’s invaluable help Kahneman was able to get the death he […]
March 22, 2025
London 2025 Workshop @ Saturday 26 July
In 2025, Exit will be holding our annual London Workshop online for the first time. Topics will include: the Salts, the Gases & the Drugs (lethal, supplementary, dangers & pitfalls). The workshop will be held at the same time as always and hosted by Dr Philip Nitschke. 13.00 – 16.00 GMT Saturday, 26 July 2025 […]
March 21, 2025
Belgian Euthanasia Deaths Rise 17% in Past Year
Number of people choosing euthanasia has risen again: ‘The ageing population may play a role’ writes Arthur De Meyer. The number of people choosing euthanasia has risen again in the past year. In 2024, it involved 3,991 people, which is an increase of almost 17 percent. Experts do not know exactly what is causing the […]
