Final Exit Network trial begins Monday Two of the four criminal charges pending against Final Exit Network, Inc. in Hastings, Minnesota were dismissed Friday morning. Before the dismissal, the not-for-profit corporation was charged with two felonies: assisting in a “suicide,” and “aiding and abetting” to assist in a “suicide”; and two “gross” misdemeanors, interfering with […]
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THE HELIUM HOOD METHOD The world’s leading manufacturer of disposable helium cylinders, Worthington Industries, announced in May 2015 that they would be altering the hitherto pure helium contained in their party balloon cylinders with up to 20% air. Such diluted tanks are not effective in self-deliverance from a terminal or hopeless illness. They are coming […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, People in the News, right to die, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Apr 28th, 2015
HASTINGS, Minnesota, April 27, 2015 — The long-awaited trial of Final Exit Network and four of its volunteer Exit Guides has been whittled down to a trial of only the corporation, Final Exit Network, Inc., and none of the Exit Guides. In 2013 the trial court dismissed all the charges against one of the defendants, […]
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EXIT International, based in Australia, posted this message 24 April 2015: Balloon Time Helium – WARNING The largest manufacturer of disposable helium cylinders, Worthingtons in Columbus, Ohio, who make Balloon Time kits have announced on its website that from April 2015 their cylinders will guarantee only 80% helium, with up to 20% air. While an […]
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WARNING – “Party Balloon Time” products Be sure that any 30-balloon tanks you purchase are marked thus on the box and tank: NET CONTENTS 8.9 ft HELIUM (.25 m) If any size of tank or box (30 or 50-balloon) has the words: HELIUM/AIR These are unsuitable for self-deliverance. Do not use. The manufacturer is now […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, People in the News, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Mar 25th, 2015
The San Jose Mercury News reported 25 March 2015: Right-to-die group offers aid, in secret, as California legislation is debated By Lisa M. Krieger As legislators prepare to debate a “right to die” bill in the state Capitol, volunteers are already helping suffering people end their lives — surreptitiously, without authorization or official oversight — […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, exit bag, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Jan 5th, 2015
For persons interested in the helium hood method of self-deliverance from a terminal or hopeless illness, this site (it’s graphic) on TUMBLR may be educational: http://gematogentomsk.tumblr.com/
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, People in the News, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Sep 23rd, 2014
Gerald A. Larue dies at 98; former minister debunked biblical stories By Elaine Woo of the Los Angeles Times 09.22.14 Gerald A. Larue — an ordained minister who became an agnostic, archeologist, religious scholar and debunker of claims such as Lazarus rising from the dead and the discovery of Noah’s ark — has died. He […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, exit bag, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Sep 11th, 2014
World Leaders in Right to Die with Dignity Movement to Meet in Chicago Members of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies, comprising 52 organizations in 27 countries, will meet in Chicago September 17-21. Hosting is Final Exit Network, an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization serving members in the United States who are suffering from intolerable […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, exit bag, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Aug 12th, 2014
10th Anniversary of Founding The Final Exit Network will be ten years old this Thursday, having been founded in Chicago on August 14, 2004, by ten persons, eight of whom are still with us. It came into being as a result of the closure of the Hemlock Society USA (1980-2003) For further details, such as […]
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