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May 7, 2025
My Appointment with Dr Death
Philip Nitschke facilitated the world’s first legal assisted suicides in the 1990s. But is he the best advocate for the cause he so believes in? By Emily Lawford One bright September afternoon in a forest in Switzerland, a 64-year-old woman is about to die. She is standing in a clearing, in front of a purple […]
April 30, 2025
The American Conservative
Editorial Note This article gives an excellent overview of assisted suicide in the US, post Trump’s election but prior to him assuming office. While many Nth American members have contacted Exit, worried that state laws may get in Trump’s cross-hairs, maybe the situation is not as concerning as first thought. In this regard Tim Rowan […]
April 27, 2025
Forthcoming Exit Events – Registrations Now Open
Exit has a busy schedule of online & offline events in 2025. For more information, please consult the Exit Website or click the links below. Exit events are exclusively for Exit Members & Subscribers of the online Peaceful Pill eHandbook Age restriction apply. Join Exit Now Subscribe to the PPeH Now Program May Online Workshop-Webinar […]
April 23, 2025
Wife of MND/ ALS Sufferer – Refused Bail
Court told Brisbane woman Kylie Truswell-Mobbs murdered husband just hours after palliative care meeting by Rex Martinich and Katharina Loesche A woman allegedly murdered her terminally ill partner soon after he delayed making a decision on legal assisted dying at a palliative care meeting, a judge has heard. Kylie Ellina Truswell-Mobbs, 50, was arrested at […]
April 12, 2025
UK Probe Launched into Suicide Chat Forums
A pro-suicide forum is under investigation by the UK’s online regulator – its first using new powers under the Online Safety Act. The forum, which Ofcom has not named, is understood to be a site BBC News has been investigating for the last three years, linking it to at least 50 deaths in the UK. […]
April 6, 2025
When Compassion is called Murder by the Police?
When Compassion is called Murder … A Queensland woman Kylie Truswell-Mobbs has been charged with murder after allegedly ‘accelerating’ her dying husband’s death. Police claim the woman gave her partner a ‘double dose’ of pain medication, killing him within hours reports Demi Huang for 7News Australia. A Queensland woman has been charged with the alleged […]
March 25, 2025
Euthanasia Trends Upwards in the Netherlands
Last year, a total of 9,958 euthanasia cases were registered with the review committees reports Eva Klute for de Volkskrant. This increase can be partially explained by the ageing population, but the number of euthanasia notifications also rose in relation to the total mortality rate: from 5.4 to 5.8 percent. There is no reason to […]
March 23, 2025
Exit Member & Nobel Prize Winner Daniel Kahneman
In what would, at the time, be treated as a top secret death, Exit Member Daniel Kahneman used Exit’s Swiss Application Assistance Program to get help to die in Switzerland. Assisted by Exit and accompanied by an Exit support person on the day, with Exit’s invaluable help Kahneman was able to get the death he […]
March 20, 2025
Insurance & Assisted Suicide
As the UK looks ahead to a major change in the concept of ‘end of life’, the insurance industry has about 2 and a half years to prepare itself writes Meg Bratley. Eleos, a fully digital provider of life insurance, considers what that means. On 29th November 2024 the ‘Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) […]
March 2, 2025
The Last Resort – New Swedish TV Series on Assisted Suicide
Last month, a new 4-part series was screened on Swedish TV, titled ‘The Last Resort’ (‘Sista Hjalpen’ in Swedish). The director/ journalist is well known Swedish presenter, Anna Lindman. Unfortunately, at this stage, the series is only available in Swedish. But below is the synopsis in English. What is important about the series, as far […]
