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May 31, 2021

Exit Podcast No 22 – Retrospective: Philip Nitschke reflects on 25 years of political activism

The May 2021 Exit Podcast (note name change) features an interview with Philip Nitschke as he reflects on the highs / lows of 25+ years of end of life political activism including the effect on his work of his move to the Netherlands, how it feels to be politically persecuted, major turning points in the …


May 9, 2021

Swiss doctor is cleared of murder for a second time

Swiss Info

A Swiss doctor is cleared of murder for a second time for helping a mentally ill woman take her life has once more been cleared of intentional homicide.

A Swiss appeals court in canton Basel rejected attempts by prosecutors to overturn a 2019 verdict that had cleared the doctor of murder. The court upheld the …


May 9, 2021

May 2021 Update – Morphine & the Opiods

The topic of the May 2021 Peaceful Pill eHandbook Update is ‘Morphine and the Opioids’.

This Update features a re-written chapter on the Opioids and some new sections on terminal sedation, Double M therapy, the opioid antidote of Naloxone and the problems with slow euthanasia as an end of life process.

Topics include:

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April 20, 2021

Peaceful Pill Handbook 2021 Print Edition

The Peaceful Pill Handbook 2021 Print Edition is now available from Amazon stores around the world.

This new edition is based on the March 2021 edition of the online Peaceful Pill eHandbook.

There are 28 chapters covering topics such as drugs, poisons, gases, the Swiss services as well as other things that matter including …


April 19, 2021

Doxit No 21 – The Push Back: Towards a New Human Rights-based Focus

In early April, Dutch activist group, CLW launched legal action against the Dutch state arguing that the prohibition on assisted suicide and assisted suicide drugs should be abolished. These should be abolished because they prevent self-determination at the end of life. If self-determination is a fundamental human right, they argued that a nation State that …


April 11, 2021

Dutch Group CLW Push for Demedicalisation of Euthanasia Laws

Agence France Presse

The action titled ‘Dutch Group CLW Push for Demedicalisation of Euthanasia Laws’ are suing the Dutch state for infringing their right to privacy.

The Coöperatie Laatste Wil (CLW), together with thirty Dutch citizens, is taking the Dutch State to court to create the legal right for voluntary, elective dying at a time of one’s choosing …


March 21, 2021

Spain passes law allowing euthanasia

Spain passes law allowing euthanasia reports the BBC

Supporters of a law to legalise euthanasia held placards calling for the “right to die in peace

Spain has passed a law to legalise euthanasia, becoming the fourth country in Europe to allow people to end their own life in some circumstances.

Spain’s lower house …


March 15, 2021

Doxit No 20 – Katie Engelhart’s new book The Inevitable

Exit first met Katie Englehart about 5 years ago when she was part of the production team behind the Vice documentary, Time to Die.

After 4 years of filming, Vice had footage on just about everyone that Philip Nitschke had met. It was via this immersion that Engelhart would change mediums, and bring the …


March 15, 2021

March 2021 PPeH Update

The March 2021 PPeH Update focuses on a New Gases Chapter (available 28 March) Peaceful Pill eHandbook where discussion has been expanded to include the examination of the new coronavirus protection helmets.

As highlighted in the recent Email Newsletter, Exit has also launched a Citizen Science Initiative in an effort to harness the smarts within …