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December 29, 2024
Never before is there so much public focus on self-determination
Suicide capsule ‘Sarco’, Middel X – ‘Never before has there been so much public focus on self-determination around death as now’
Jos van Wijk never minced words: one’s own dying, the 70-year-old believes, is a private matter. No one else needs to interfere with that.
Van Wijk made his conviction his work; until 2023, he …
December 22, 2024
Ding (thing) of 2024: the Sarco
The capsule is built from glossy panels and Plexiglas. You lie in it, tilted back like the pilot of a glider.
It looks like a bobsled. Or the aerodynamic sidecar of a motorbike.
In the Haarlem workshop where Philip Nitschke (77), an Australian doctor, worked for years on the prototype of the Sarco, there is …
December 18, 2024
Online Snippet Recordings Now in PPeH
Snippets
Recordings of Exit’s new 2024-2025 Snippet series of online seminars are now available in the Peaceful Pill eHandbook.
To date, only one Snippet has been held but many more are planned for 2025.
The topic of the December 2024 Snippet was the different types of deaths which different methods of death bring about.
If …
December 9, 2024
Workshop-Webinar: Register Now
The next Workshop-Webinar will be held in January 2025 on the Topic of ‘How to Avoid Mistakes on your Final Day’.
REGISTRATIONS CLOSE 8 JANUARY!
This workshop-webinar will address the dos and donts of what to do in the lead-up to one’s lawful, elective, DIV and self-determined death.
The session will cover a range of …
December 2, 2024
Swiss authorities release activist after ruling out homicide
GENEVA (AP) — Swiss prosecutors said a right-to-die activist was released Monday after more than two months in police custody over the reported first use of a so-called “suicide capsule,” after they ruled out the possibility of an intentional homicide.
Florian Willet, head of advocacy group The Last Resort, was released by authorities in the …
November 29, 2024
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November 21, 2024
It seems as if Switzerland has suddenly become afraid of its pioneering role
It seems as if Switzerland has suddenly become afraid of its pioneering role worldwide,’ says Nitschke, the inventor of Sarco.
For the first time, Philip Nitschke, the inventor of the suicide pill, talks about the Sarco premiere. He considers the criminal proceedings for intentional killing to be absurd.
In the interview in NZZ, Nitschke …
November 10, 2024
Completed Life Discussion Moves Forward in the Netherlands
Vast majority of Dutch people want euthanasia laws relaxed
It should become easier to perform euthanasia in the Netherlands.
That is the opinion of a large majority of Dutch people, according to a survey among the RTL News Panel.
Now, euthanasia is only allowed under very strict conditions.
Next week, the House of Representatives will …
November 3, 2024
71% of Dutch Want New Law for Completed Life Euthanasia
An elective death for completed life reasons should be possible, says 71 percent of Dutch: ‘Baby boomers want to make their own choices’
Seven out of 10 Dutch people believe there should be a law that allows dying assistance for seniors who feel their life is complete.
Editor’s Note, this means that most Dutch support …
October 27, 2024
Cooperation Last Will Reconsiders the Salts
The Cooperative Last Will (CLW) will no longer call the suicide powder Middel X (sodium azide) “humane” reports the NRC‘s Kim Bos.
This is what chairman Rob van Doorn let us know.
The organization will change the description on its own website early next week.
“We need to publish a complete package insert that …
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