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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 …
April 12, 2026
Kindle Swiss Book Now Available
You asked and we have answered
Ever since Exit’s book Going to Switzerland: how to plan your final exit was first published in 2023, various readers have asked if they could read the book on their Amazon Kindle device.
Sadly this has not been possible, until now.
Exit has now published a Kindle edition of …
March 23, 2026
When Nembutal Fails: Legal Road Blocks & Politics
In many ways, last Tuesday was just another day in my life as an end of life rights activist – until it wasn’t.
What made it a bit different was an email I received from a journalist I thought I knew well in Switzerland.
She had always seemed to have a genuine interest in understanding …
March 13, 2026
The Final Journey is not always Peaceful
The final journey is not always peaceful: Why euthanasia is less well researched medically than life-saving treatments by science writer, Manuela Callari in Medscape (German).
Everything had been prepared down to the last detail for a final, peaceful farewell.
Family and friends had gathered, and a pianist played softly in the background. In this highly …
February 15, 2026
Voluntary Stopping Eating/Drinking – New Study
Every year, thousands of elderly people die because they consciously stop eating and drinking
According to research by Erasmus MC, an estimated 5,800 people in the Netherlands end their lives each year by consciously stopping eating and drinking.
That is 3.5% of all deaths. In most cases, a previous request for euthanasia had been rejected.…
January 20, 2026
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December 31, 2025
Katie Engelhart on Medically Assisted Dying in US v Canada
“When you open up the option of assisted dying to people who are not dying, things get complicated,” says the author of The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die.
KEVIN P. ALEXANDER | FROM THE DECEMBER 2025 ISSUE
The Canadian Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Katie Engelhart wrote The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die…
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