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October 20, 2024
Doctor Behind ‘Suicide Pod’ Wants AI to Assist EOL
The death of an American woman inside Philip Nitschke’s latest invention reveals the next frontier in the right-to-die debate.
The world’s first assisted suicide pod wraps around the human body like a space capsule, tilting gently toward the sky.
The device is designed to look as if the person inside were embarking on a journey, …
October 6, 2024
A Good Death will Remain Out of Reach in the UK
A Bit of Background
For the past 13 years, the UK has relied on ‘the Starmer guidelines‘ for their legal determinations on assisted suicide.
Back in 2010, when he was the director of Public Prosecutions (long before his recent Prime Minister-ship), Keir Starmer attempted to clarify the law around assisted suicide.
Back then, …
September 15, 2024
Euthanasia Pills: Fact & Fiction
The September 2024 Update to the Peaceful Pill eHandbook focuses upon the concept of ‘euthanasia pills’.
Last week, Pedro Almódovar’s new film ‘The Room Next Door‘ won the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival.
Also last week, Nicole Kidman’s ‘The Perfect Couple‘ attracted over 20 million views on Netflix.…
September 12, 2024
First images of double suicide pod for UK couple
The first pictures of the double suicide pod set to be used to euthanise a British couple have been revealed by the assisted dying company behind the controversial new device.
Peter and Christine Scott, who have been married for 46 years, told the Mail this week that they have made the decision to end their …
August 14, 2024
Cheap, Discrete & Disposable Nitrogen
The August 2024 Update to the Peaceful Pil eHandbook focuses upon a new range of small, discrete, cheap and disposable compressed nitrogen cylinders.
Available by mail-order around the world, these cylinders provide an important stop-gap if other options such as drugs, salts, or Switzerland are not available or hold limited interest.
As with all updates, …
July 21, 2024
The Long-Awaited Sarco Update
It is more than 12 months since the Peaceful Pill eHandbook Sarco Chapter has been updated.
That makes the July 2024 update long overdue!
In our defence, we were waiting for Sarco to be completed before sharing the news.
This time is now.
The Sarco was unveiled this week in Zurich, Switzerland.
The Sarco is …
July 5, 2024
‘Tesla of euthanasia’ death capsule that kills in seconds
Tesla of euthanasia’ death capsule that kills occupant in seconds to be used for first time
The case fills with nitrogen to starve the occupant of oxygen, rendering the patient unconscious before they die – but the capsules have been criticised by pro-life campaigners
A ‘death capsule’ designed to carry out assisted suicides is due …
June 11, 2024
Execution by nitrogen hypoxia not headed for widespread adoption
Execution by nitrogen hypoxia not headed for widespread adoption as bills fall short and nitrogen producers object reports Dakin Andone at CNN with Micah Green/Reuters.
The day after Alabama carried out the first-known US execution using nitrogen gas, its attorney general sent a clear message to death penalty states that might want to follow suit: …
June 1, 2024
Alejandro Vasquez Indicted for Importing Suicide Drug
CHICAGO — A federal grand jury in Chicago indicted a Mexican resident on drug charges for allegedly illegally importing the drug pentobarbital into the United States from Mexico for use in committing suicide.
The indictment followed a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Chicago investigation.
A superseding indictment returned May 28 in U.S. District Court in Chicago …
May 12, 2024
New Update – Coming in June
Next month, Exit will provide an important update to the Lethal Salts chapter of the Peaceful Pill eHandbook Essentials.
The Update will explore:
- the topic of analogues – that is, what other types of salts can provide a peaceful and reliable death
- news on sources of sodium nitrite (given how difficult it has become
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