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Corona Virus & Exit Meetings?
Since our last Exit News reporting the delay in the shipping of the DeBreather due to Corona, things have changed rapidly.
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At the current time, Exit is closely monitoring the situation, given we have forthcoming meetings in Paris, London, Dublin and Australia (the 2020 tour).
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The Paris workshop will be going ahead (simultaneous translation from English to French) on Friday 3 April (unless the French government rules otherwise in regard to all public/ private gatherings).
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With Dragon Hall booked for the London workshop on 30 May, it is expected that this meeting, too, will go ahead as planned. However, this will be confirmed at a later date.
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At the current time the Dublin workshop cannot be confirmed. Further announcements on its likelihood will be made in the coming months.
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The NuTech conference on Sunday 7 June is, primarily, a livestream event. The location from where it will be streamed will be confirmed within the coming months.
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* In following WHO and public health authority advice, Exit will provide hand sanitizer at our meetings and ensure that the afternoon tea biscuits are individually-wrapped to minimise any risk of contagion.
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Helsinki Livestream Recording - Now Available
Exit is pleased to announce that the recording of the 6 February 2020 Helsinki Livestream is now available.
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Peaceful Pill eHandbook subscribers (all languages) can find all past recordings on the final page of their eHandbook. Click on 'Recordings' and select 'Helsinki'.
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Laura's Choice - New Feature Documentary
Laura Henkel had just turned 90 when she died at the Pegasos Swiss Association clinic in Liestal, Switzerland on Thursday 19 December 2019.
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While not terminally ill (and hence unable to use any existing VAD law in Australia), Laura had always said she wanted to end her life on her own terms.
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The decision was hers alone ...
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Laura Henkel is one of a new generation of older men and women who feel it is their human right to exit when they want.
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They have lived fulfilled lives but feel 'now is the time to go'.
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As Lisette Nigot said in the AHOIT (Ahead Of Its Time) documentary 'Mademoiselle & the Doctor' by Janine Hosking in 2004 'I want to enlist before I am called'.
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* Laura Henkel is seen on her final evening in Basel with Philip Nitschke, daughter Cathy Henkel & granddaughter Sam Lara. Cathy and Sam are co-directors on the new documentary.
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March 2020 Peaceful Pill eHandbook Update
- The Korean Collar
- Good News from Lima
- Bad News from Mexico City
* Available 15 March 2020
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German Constitutional Court - Assisted Suicide
In a landmark decision on 26 February 2020, Germany's Constitutional Court overturned the ban on assisted suicide for anyone/ everyone: the terminally ill and older people alike.
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The ruling is significant because it confirms that control over one's life (and death) is a fundamental human right.
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In Germany, at least, self-determination over one's death is now - in law - a citizen's right! This is something all other countries of the world should learn from.
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The ruling leaves open a 'window of opportunity' for the use of the 3D-printed Sarco machine (which is now in the final phase of production in the Netherlands).
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As well as for Swiss organisations - such as Pegasos - to operate lawfully within Germany.
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Read further in English on DW.com
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