June 3, 2025
Director of Sarco dies by assisted suicide after “unconscionable” detention
Director of Sarco suicide capsule dies by assisted suicide after “unconscionable” detention by Maud Effting and Haro Kraak. The director of the Swiss suicide capsule Sarco, Florian Willet (47), has died by assisted suicide. He died in Germany at the beginning of May. Willet had fallen into serious mental health problems after the Swiss authorities […]
June 1, 2025
Remembering Florian Willet – Obituary
Dr Florian Willet died in Germany on 5 May 2025. He was 47. He is dearly missed … About Florian Florian came into our lives in early 2024. At Exit, we had heard of this remarkable man during the three years he spent managing the communications at Dignitas in Germany. He would later say that […]
May 31, 2025
The kill switch for dementia sufferers
Inventor behind the suicide Sarco pod reveals plans for implant that will automatically kill patients when their condition worsens by ELENA SALVONI The inventor of the Sarco suicide pod is building a ‘kill switch’ implant which could allow dementia sufferers to seal the time of their death years in advance. Dr Philip Nitschke, whose controversial […]
May 25, 2025
What voluntary assisted dying options are available for those with dementia?
By Emily JB Smith John Griffiths suspects his mind is starting to fail. It is a horrifying prospect for the father-of-three, former Monash University engineering lecturer and CSIRO research scientist. The Melbourne man spends much of his time with his wife Rachel, who lives in residential aged care, reading her poems and short stories. “I’ve […]
May 11, 2025
Life or death decisions as politicians weigh up assisted dying vote
Life or death decisions as politicians weigh up assisted dying vote by Glenn Campbell, BBC Scotland political editor Liam McArthur launched his bill in March 2024 There are few decisions Holyrood can take that are bigger than a vote on assisted dying. Whether or not to allow terminally ill adults to seek medical help to […]
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 […]
May 3, 2025
What would you do? Mothers & Dementia
Each week, hundreds of newspapers around the world publish reader feedback on a range of questions. Last week the Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant asked ‘what would you do’ about your mother and dementia. This is what the readers said … My mother (over 80, highly educated) sometimes communicates in such a way that her children […]
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 […]
