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Australian Exit Tour
The final date (Bowral) for the forthcoming Australian tour is now confirmed.
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Exit Meetings will be held in: Adelaide, Bowral, Brisbane, Bundaberg, Canberra, Darwin, Gold Coast, Hobart, Lismore, Melbourne (x2), Newcastle, Sunshine Coast, Sydney (x2).
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Because this is an Australian tour & because end of life laws are new to Australia, the meetings will focus upon:
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a) how to ensure the law in your State/ Territory works for you
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b) and your options when it doesn't & you 'fall through the cracks'
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Workshops are free & exclusive for Exit Members.
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Dates for New Zealand are TBC.
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Dutch Essentials Edition
Now Available
Exit International has published this week the Dutch edition of the new Essentials Peaceful Pill Handbook.
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Titled De Vredige Pil: De Essentie - this new Dutch book brings Benelux readers a condensed, clarified, easier-to-read edition of the best-selling De Vredige Pil.
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Dutch Subscribers can apply to transfer to the new Essentie Edition HERE
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English Subscribers can apply to transfer to the new Essentials Edition HERE
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The print version of De Vredige Pil: De Essentie will ship October/ November 2022.
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Godard's Completed Life
In the Netherlands it is called 'Completed Life'. This is when a person of advanced years decides that 'now is the time to go', irrespective of whether they are sick or not.
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Jean-Luc Godard was precisely one of these old people. He died last week at his home in Switzerland.
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Agence France Presse quoted a close contact saying:
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'He was not sick, he was simply exhausted. So he had made the decision to end it. It was his decision and it was important for him that it be known.'
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For those who argue that assisted death should only be for people who are terminally ill, Godard's decision to go early (when old but not sick) should provoke some soul-searching.
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Why must one be terminally ill to get a good death?
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Surely, the right to euthanasia (a good death) is universal & should be more than a medical privilege for the very very sick.
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Read the reporting on Jean-Luc Godard's death on the Exit Website
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A French Convention Going Nowhere?
This week the French President, Emanuel Macron, announced a Citizen's Convention to determine France's future direction with regard to medical aid in dying.
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While the headline looks promising, the reality less so.
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At a practical level, Macron has an uphill battle to convince French MPs that assisted dying is a good idea.
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While Laïcité sounds good in theory, France remains a staunchly Catholic country.
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Short of a referendum, deep political divisions make a law on assisted death, even in cases of clearly determined terminal illness, highly unlikely in France.
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This is despite Switzerland, Belgium and Spain all having laws that allow for a elected, voluntary death in the context of serious illness or unbearable suffering.
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Read the highly critical Liberation reporting on Macron's latest grand idea in English on the Exit Website
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NL +31 6 23 82 95 82 || US +1 360 961 1333 || Aus 1300 10 3948 (EXIT) || UK +44 7883 509 765 || NZ +64 09 889 1137
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