November 26, 2020
Cyber Monday Sale
Exit International NL is holding their annual Cyber Monday sale on all editions of the Peaceful Pill eHandbook in all languages. 30 – 50% discount on all books. Gift-wrapping available for 24 Hours only on all print books. The season of giving at its best! Click the button at checkout. Go to Peacefulpillhandbook.com for details.
November 21, 2020
Exit Submission to the Queensland Law Reform Commission
22 November 2020 Mr David Groth, Commission Director Queensland Law Reform Commission Box 13312 George Street Post Shop QLD 4003 Australia Dear Mr Groth, Please find attached the submission of Exit International to the QLRC Consultation Paper WP 79, A legal framework for voluntary assisted dying. Should you or the Committee have questions, I […]
November 8, 2020
November 2020 PPeH Update: Now Available
The November 2020 update to the online Peaceful Pill eHandbook features new information on: Nitrogen Nitrite Nembutal Read more on the Peaceful Pill website Log In & Read Now Subscribe Now *Note – the sale of the Peaceful Pill eHandbook is restricted to people aged 50 years & over & of sound mind. People who […]
November 8, 2020
Doxit Podcast – Physiology of Death or ‘why some drugs work better than others …’
This week’s Doxit Podcast focuses on the physiology of the good death. Taking the recent new Peaceful Pill eHandbook chapter on ‘Death Physiology’ as our starting point, we discuss the science behind the efficacy of some methods as distinct from others (eg. Nembutal over Opiates) and consider how each strategy discussed in the book falls […]
November 1, 2020
Queensland Law Reform Commission Calls for Submissions
In the coming weeks, Exit International will be making a submission in response to the ‘Consultation Paper: a legal framework for voluntary assisted dying‘ of the Queensland Law Reform Commission. The Paper calls for input on 50 unique questions, both procedural and topic-specific. Exit will advocate that Queensland adopt the Swiss legal framework which, by […]
October 29, 2020
New Zealand votes to legalise euthanasia in referendum
On Saturday 17 October 2020, New Zealand held its most recent federal election. Coupled with the election were 2 referenda. One on euthanasia, the other on cannabis. In counting to date, around 65% of voters voted in favour of legalising assisted suicide/ assisted dying for the terminally ill. The final result will not be known […]
October 20, 2020
Sarco X – New Short Film
Sarco X is now complete and awaiting final workshop testing in Haarlem, NL. Italian film maker, Francesco Mattuzzi, has made a short film of Sarco X and Philip Nitschke’s first response to seeing the new design and operation. The film was shot in the Netherlands in August 2020. More about Sarco X is at Sarco.design […]
October 13, 2020
Dutch to Clarify Law on Euthanasia for Children aged > 1 year
The Dutch government is discussing whether to change or clarify the law to help terminally sick children aged between one and 12 to die. In a cabinet meeting earlier this week, health minister Hugo de Jonge raised the issue of a ‘grey area’ between doctors giving palliative sedation to relieve the suffering of these young […]