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
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
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 […]
June 5, 2022
Scottish Assisted Suicide Bill is Delayed
A Scottish Assisted Suicide Bill is Delayed is the news from Orkney MSP, who pledged to bring forward assisted dying proposals this year. He has said that the bill will now be introduced at the start of next year, instead. Liam McArthur MSP has blamed an “unprecedented” response to a consultation on his plans as […]
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 […]
