We are all in the high-risk category for death because all living things die. However, each of us hopes to live a long, productive (however defined), satisfying life in the meantime. Covid-19 is causing many of us to reassess how long we may have left.
We are happy to announce that the redesigned FEN website is up and running.
Slippery slope arguments deny rationality, moral precepts, and legal principles. Few of us who believe in a right to die go beyond the formulation of this right as a voluntary decision of one person about that person’s life. The view that no one has the right to take from us the liberty to make such decisions to end our lives except ourselves appears to be the norm in this society for those who are near the end of their lives because of disease or condition. Voluntariness is inextricably bound up with the decision to die to escape suffering near the end of life.
A brief look at suicide historically, philosophically, constitutionally, legally, and practically as a right to all who value liberty.
How the Final Exit Network works to make hastening one’s own death a rational endeavor–a review of the process.
Jim Van Buskirk relates a poignant experience that led to his joining the Final Exit Network.
In a newly-produced short film, Philip Nitschke argues for a non-medical model to replace the medical model for a self-controlled death. His argument is compelling. If we have a right to a self-controlled death, we should not have to ask permission from doctors to honor that right. As he has said, “You don’t have to be a doctor to understand dying.”
Two participants, one an exit guide and one a friend, look at the same voluntary exit and report their experiences, emotions.
John Abraham explains the process to receive educational and training services from the Final Exit Network if you are considering a self-controlled death.
Huck DeVenzio, FEN’s Newsletter Editor, explains the role of volunteers within FEN and the need for volunteers.
