June 20, 2022
‘I’m no murderer’ says Davison
‘I’m no murderer’ says Davison – MSN Speaking publicly for the first time after ending three years of house arrest after being convicted for helping three people to die DignitySA founder Professor Sean Davison said it was time the law changed to recognise compassion – where euthanasia is not confused with murder. ‘I have done […]
June 20, 2022
Activist will fight for law change in Tutu’s honour
Activist will fight for law change in Tutu’s honour “It’s been three years and I’m free,” says Sean Davison, the right-to-die activist whose three-year house arrest ended on Monday morning, with him signing documents at the Cape Town high court reports the Sowetan. “I have done my time but I did not commit a crime. […]
June 20, 2022
‘No regrets’ says South African Euthanasia Doctor
‘No regrets’ says South African Euthanasia Doctor reports The Citizen Davison said he does not regret ending the life of the three patients to end their suffering. A campaigner for the legalisation of euthanasia in South Africa, convicted of premeditated murders of three people he helped to die, was released on Monday after three years […]
June 20, 2022
Italy’s First Assisted Suicide
How Federico became Italy’s First Assisted Suicide, reports the New York Times ROME — For more than a year, media reports kept Italians up to date on the travails of a 44-year-old man known only as “Mario” as he sought to end his life through physician-assisted suicide. Paralyzed 12 years ago in a traffic accident, […]
June 19, 2022
An Extract from The Price of Mercy by Sean Davison
Newsroom NZ provides – for the first time – an Extract from The Price of Mercy by Sean Davison NZ-born medical scientist Prof Sean Davison served home detention sentences in NZ and South Africa, first over the assisted suicide of his mother and then three seriously disabled men. He was president of the World Federation […]
June 18, 2022
In Conversation with Sean Davison
Sean Davison will be in conversation with Philip Nitschke at the digital launch of his new book, The Price of Mercy Exit congratulates Sean for his courage, his fortitude and his perseverance in the face of adversity. Eternally optimistic, Sean is a one-of-a-kind and Exit is privileged to know him. Read the first published extract […]
June 18, 2022
The Price of Mercy
The Price of Mercy is Sean Davison’s new book (2022). Read the 1st published extract HERE In September 2018, Professor Sean Davison’s peaceful life in the leafy suburbs of Cape Town is shattered. Arrested for the murder of Dr Anrich Burger, a once-fit athlete turned quadriplegic who begged Davison to assist him end his life […]
June 18, 2022
Completed Life Bill from Self-Determination in Dying
Het Parool, John Jansen van Galen
Completed Life Bill from Self-Determination in Dying writes John Jansen van Galen in Het Parool, Amsterdam NL The annoying thing about the never-ending debate about euthanasia is that it’s never really about suicide, but about assisted suicide: whether and under what conditions doctors may cooperate. This fits in with what is called the ‘medicalization’ of […]
