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August 30, 2026
Workshop Recording Inc Q&A
The September 2026 Peaceful Pill eHandbook Update is now available.
For the first time in 20 years, Exit will include a recording of a real life workshop in the Peaceful Pill eHandbook.
The workshop recording selected is from Melbourne (May 2026).
However, the issues discussed are global in theme and have universal relevance.
These recordings …
August 16, 2026
Law on assisted dying wins constitutional approval in France
France’s Constitutional Council on Friday approved a law creating a right to assisted dying, removing the last major legal obstacle before the measure can be enacted and implemented.
France’s top constitutional authority has upheld the country’s new assisted dying law, clearing the way for President Emmanuel Macron to promulgate the measure within 15 days.
The …
August 2, 2026
Summer Print Book Sale
Good for you, Good for us!
In recent months Exit has had a small change to the Exit team.
After 10 years with the organisation, Rosa has moved on. In her place we welcome Anna.
This change of team has led to us finding some overlooked stock of our books that we can now offer …
July 11, 2026
Why is Euthanasia Increasing in Netherlands?
Why is euthanasia increasing? Study points to aging population, assertive patients, and a healthcare system falling short’ by Christiaan Pelgrim.
Over the past 25 years, the number of euthanasia cases in the Netherlands has risen sharply — from around 2,000 to roughly 10,000 per year.
In relative terms, euthanasia accounted for 1.6% of all deaths …
July 11, 2026
Kairos Kollar Update
This week, Dr Philip Nitschke has recorded a new Snippet presentation focused on the development of the Kairos Kollar.
The Kollar represents a lawful means of a self-chosen peaceful death.
The aim of the Kollar is to create a means of peaceful and reliable passing.
The Kollar is comprised of items which are widely available, …
May 29, 2026
Poison Seller Linked to nearly 150 Deaths around the World
Law, who pleaded guilty in connection with 14 deaths in Ontario, is not charged elsewhere reports Thomas Daigle of CBC News.
Products sold by Kenneth Law are linked to the deaths of nearly 150 people around the world, including the following people.
The new estimate is based on information requests and interviews with families, as …
May 3, 2026
Sarco Charges Dropped against Florian Willet
In some weird twist of fate, Exit got news last week that the charges against former President of The Last Resort – Dr Florian Willet – over the use of the Sarco in Switzerland in September 2024 – had been formally dropped.
In reality, the only reason that the Swiss Prosecutor in Schaffhausen canton has …
April 19, 2026
History of Voluntary Euthanasia in Australia
Voluntary Euthanasia in Australia by Philip Nitschke
An earlier edit of the below is published in Killing Me Softly: Voluntary Euthanasia and the Road to the Peaceful Pill (Penguin 2005).
On 1 July 1996 the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act (ROTI) became law in Australia and made history around the world.
Yet the ink …
April 19, 2026
Ken Law – Saint or Sinner?
Hello everyone,
Sorry to get biblical on you all regarding my question of whether Ken Law is a saint or a sinner but let me explain.
As an atheist it’s not my normal thing to resort to scripture, but it does seem apt in the case of Canadian, Ken Law.
For those who have not …
April 18, 2026
Ken Law Pleads Guilty to Assisted Suicide – Nitrite Case
TORONTO (AP) — A Canadian man facing murder charges for allegedly selling lethal substances online to people at risk of self-harm has agreed to plead guilty to counseling or aiding suicide, his lawyer told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. on Friday reports AOL.com
In turn, Canadian prosecutors will withdraw all 14 murder charges laid against Kenneth …
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