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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

NYT, Elisabetta Povoledo

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 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 […]

June 12, 2022

Portugal’s Parliament resumes battle to legalise euthanasia

Reuters, Catarina Demony

Portugal’s Parliament resumes battle to legalise euthanasia reports Reuters.   After two presidential vetoes, Portugal’s parliament delivered another strong vote on Thursday in favour of decriminalising euthanasia in the Catholic-majority country, although the bill still faces a bumpy road to become law. The country’s debate on making medically assisted death legal under certain conditions started […]

June 5, 2022

Legalising assisted suicide is a slippery slope says Dr Anthony Latham

Legalising assisted suicide is a slippery slope says Dr Anthony Latham in the Scotsman. Not so fast says Exit International! When an opinion piece appears in the right to life press, my tendency is usually to dismiss it. Because it is written for a specific, one-eyed readership, it is to be expected that the arguments […]

May 21, 2022

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese & Voluntary Euthanasia

Anthony Albanese is Australia’s new Prime Minister and Exit congratulates him on his election. The Backstory about Anthony Albanese & the Right to Die On 22 September 1996, Darwin man Bob Dent became the first person in the world to receive a legal, lethal, voluntary injection under the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act of […]

May 20, 2022

Council of State says Completed Life Euthanasia Proposal needs more safeguards against misuse

NL Times

The Dutch Council of State says Completed life euthanasia proposal needs more safeguards against misuse reports the NL Times. The Council of State believes that the bill for euthanasia at the end of a full life is not yet good enough. It needs more safeguards to establish that people are really eligible for euthanasia, the […]

May 1, 2022

Sarco goes to Poland

Wyborcza.pl

The Sarco goes to Poland to feature in a new play that debates end of life rights. It stands on the base, which is connected to the socket with an ordinary charger, like a laptop. Then some elements of the housing begin to glow. At first glance, the whole thing looks like a bobsleigh. Or […]