March 22, 2020
50% PPeH Discount for Exit Members
In this time of COVID-19, we are pleased to offer current financial Exit Members a 50% discount on the leading guide on assisted suicide/ euthanasia, the online Peaceful Pill eHandbook. The special discount price for Exit members is US$42.50 (regular price $85) for 24 months. Use the code ‘exitgood’ at the check-out. Subscribe Exit workshops […]
March 4, 2020
Germany’s top court paves the way for assisted suicide
Germany’s highest court has overturned a section of the criminal code forbidding all forms of assisted suicide. Many terminally ill patients and medical professionals had fought to see the law scrapped. “I want to end it if the pain gets unbearable,” 63-year-old Melanie S. tells Lukas Radbruch, a doctor at University Hospital Bonn, who has […]
March 2, 2020
Corona Virus & Exit
All forthcoming Exit workshops and meetings have been cancelled. However, it is hoped that all meetings will go ahead later in the year. Registrations remain open. It would be helpful to Exit for everyone to register as soon as possible so numbers can be gauged and larger venues booked according to demand. Register – Paris […]
February 28, 2020
Books for Self-Isolators …
Many of us are now in self-isolation for an extended period of time. If you are like the Exit team, then you may well be wondering what to read. Here are some suggestions. Philip’s highly-entertaining biography (Melbourne University Press) titled Damned If I Do written with the late Peter Corris. And Killing Me Softly: Voluntary […]
February 3, 2020
‘With this I never have to depend on a doctor’ – New Dutch Report on Completed Life
Halfway through the conversation Henk (83) is suddenly holding a large key in his hands. He carefully walks down the stairs to the gray vault in the basement of his house. There he unpacks a small plastic box with two jars. There are two white pills in each jar. “Look,” he says cheerfully, holding one […]
February 1, 2020
Sarco 3D Printed Euthanasia Capsule
From February Sarco is on display at the Cube Design Museum in Kerkrade as part of a new exhibition titled: (Re)design Death – a new exhibition of Dutch and international design projects related to death and the rituals surrounding it. The exhibition runs until 24 January 2021. More information about the exhibition can be found […]
January 15, 2020
January 2021 Update – Now Available
The January update is essential reading if one has drugs that are old, of dubious quality or in insufficient quantities. ‘Potentiation Drugs’ create the all-important ‘cardiac switch’ ensuring a peaceful and reliable passing in one’s sleep. The discussion of premedication offers insights into how risks can be minimized and errors avoided. Also included in the […]
January 13, 2020
Wall Street Journal – ‘My 100 Love Letters to my Dying Father’
Wall Street Journal, Kimberly Cutter
Two days before Christmas, my father told me he was thinking about shooting himself. It was the winter of 2014, and we were alone in his guesthouse in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I remember the cold electricity of the moment. I sat down on the coffee table and stared at him, blood ringing in my […]