November 14, 2022
I find myself unable to walk away
Daily Maverick, Victoria O'Regan
‘I find myself unable to walk away from the cause I believe in’ right-to-die activist, [and new Director of Exit International] Sean Davison, tells the Daily Maverick. Daily Maverick spoke to right-to-die activist and Dignity SA founder Professor Sean Davison about his new book, ‘The Price of Mercy’, and the cause he simply ‘can’t walk […]
November 13, 2022
Outrage as scientist wants ‘do-it-yourself death pods’
Outrage as scientist wants ‘do-it-yourself death pods’ to be installed in UK city reports The Mirror Australian former doctor Philip Nitschke launched the 3D printed Sarco pods in Switzerland in 2021 and the technology is now available to be used in the country’s legal assisted suicide clinics Australian former doctor Philip Nitschke has created the […]
November 6, 2022
Suicide and what becomes of the broken hearted
‘Suicide and what becomes of the broken hearted’ … reports Christine Middap from News Ltd’s The Australian newspaper. Note – Exit has included editorial comment by Fiona Stewart @ Exit Fact Checking ***************** Annah Faulkner was not dying. She wasn’t even ill. But the award-winning novelist was sad, grieving the loss of a husband she […]
October 29, 2022
The right to die warts and all
Mail & Guardian, Rithuli Orleyn
The right to die warts and all – book review By walking his readers in the shoes of, arguably, the most physically incapacitated, humiliated and infantilised lives on Earth, those of quadriplegics, Sean Davison makes a compelling case for the right to die in his second book, The Price of Mercy. New Zealand-born Davison is […]
October 15, 2022
The messy morality of letting AI make life-and-death decisions
The messy morality of letting AI make life-and-death decisions reports MIT Technology Review In a workshop in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, Philip Nitschke—“Dr. Death” or “the Elon Musk of assisted suicide” to some—is overseeing the last few rounds of testing on his new Sarco machine before shipping it to Switzerland, where he says its first user […]
October 14, 2022
NYC musician dies in Switzerland after having ‘completed life’
Renowned NYC musician dies in Switzerland after having ‘completed life’ reports The Independent A renowned drummer who played with musicians from Michael Stipe to Herbie Hancock died by assisted suicide in Switzerland after having “completed life”. Anton Fier, 66, traveled to Basel, Switzerland, where he died by assisted suicide at the Pegasos clinic on September […]
October 13, 2022
Drummer Anton Fier Dies at 66
Drummer Anton Fier Dies at 66 reports the New York Times. Even at his musical peak in the 1980s, Anton Fier, a drummer, producer and bandleader who brought power and precision to his work with acts as diverse as the Feelies, Herbie Hancock, Laurie Anderson and his own star-studded ensemble, the Golden Palominos, seemed to […]
October 9, 2022
Landmark Dutch Euthanasia Court Case
The Landmark Dutch EuthanasiaCourt Case concerning Coöperatie Laatste Wil v State of the Netherlands will be livestreamed starting Monday 10 October. On Monday 10 October 2022 at 09.30, the District Court of The Hague will hear the lawsuit of the Coöperatie Laatste Wil (CLW) against the State. CLW and twenty-nine individual plaintiffs claim that the […]
