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 […]
February 22, 2023
Swiss Court Rules Illness Not Required for Assisted Suicide
Swiss Court Rules Illness Not Required for Assisted Suicide and, in doing so, relieves the onus on a Swiss doctor who helped a healthy elderly woman to commit suicide alongside her seriously-ill husband. The doctor has been acquitted by a Geneva court after a five-year legal odyssey, court papers showed Tuesday according to AFP. Pierre […]
February 21, 2023
Swiss Suicide Assist Doctor Acquitted After 5-year Battle
A Swiss doctor who helped a healthy elderly woman to commit suicide alongside her seriously-ill husband was acquitted by a Geneva court after a five-year legal odyssey, court papers showed Tuesday. Pierre Beck, who at the time of the couple’s deaths in April 2017 was vice-president of the assisted suicide provider group Exit in French-speaking […]
