April 30, 2023
Human rights court sides with Belgium in euthanasia case
Politico Europe by Carlo Martuscelli
Human rights court sides with Belgium in euthanasia case as judges rule in favor of Belgium in three out of four counts. The European Court of Human Rights has found that Belgium didn’t violate the rights of a person suffering from depression who went ahead with a euthanasia procedure. The Belgian state didn’t violate […]
April 20, 2023
Last Cab to Darwin Taxi Recovered on Philip Nitschke’s Bush Block
Last Cab to Darwin Taxi Recovered on Philip Nitschke’s Bush Block Max Bell’s life ended miserably on a Broken Hill hospital bed. It wasn’t the exit the former cab driver had wanted: in fact, it was one he’d driven more than 3,000 kilometres through the centre of Australia, woefully sick behind the wheel, to try […]
April 12, 2023
Open Letter to the Members of the NT Parliament
We, the undersigned, call upon the members of the Northern Territory Assembly to pass a Voluntary Assisted Dying Act immediately with the purpose of benefiting the people in the Northern Territory who are suffering unbearably, for example from illness or the poly-pathologies of old age. In 1996, the Northern Territory led the world by enacting […]
April 2, 2023
The Curious Story of Missing Edition of The Listener
The Curious Story of Missing Edition of The Listener – Is the Sarco too much for New Zealand? On 1 April, The Listener in New Zealand published a significant cover story on Exit Director, Professor Sean Davison and the Sarco machine. Journalist Chris Cooke, spent many months working on the piece conducting extensive interviews with […]
March 30, 2023
Exit International Public Meeting held in Darwin
Exit International Public Meeting held in Darwin Exit International hosted a free public meeting in Darwin to discuss the need for a new Voluntary Euthanasia/ Assisted Dying law for the Northern Territory at the Council for the Aged NT (Cota). An Open Letter to the Politicians of the NT Parliament was signed and will be […]
March 16, 2023
Euthanasia Advocates Blast Territory Labor Government over Inaction
ABC News reports that ‘The Territory Labor government says its legislative schedule is too busy to go to a vote in this term High-profile advocate.’ Philip Nitschke says the Fyles government is ‘dragging the chain’. Once a world leader on voluntary assisted dying, advocates say the Northern Territory is now lagging behind the rest of […]
March 11, 2023
Colombia Edges Towards Human Rights Model
Colombia Edges Towards Human Rights Model in the Court decision concerning the first non-terminal person to be assisted to die reports MercoPress. The 60-year-old Víctor Escobar has become Colombia’s first non-terminal patient to die through euthanasia, after a legal battle of over two years. He was suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that prevented him […]
March 7, 2023
Rising support for euthanasia marks UK as socially liberal
The Independent reports ‘rising support for euthanasia marks UK as socially liberal according to a new study. Increased support for issues such as euthanasia and divorce mark the UK as one of the most socially liberal countries, in what must be a set-back for anti-choice campaigners. Data from the Policy Institute at King’s College London […]
