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'''Exit International''', is a pro-[[euthanasia]] group founded by Dr. [[Philip Nitschke]].<ref>
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Exit International
Founded1997
FounderPhilip Nitschke
FocusEuthanasia
Location
OriginsVoluntary Euthanasia Research Foundation (VERF Inc.)
Area served
International
ProductEuthanasia-related
Members
3,500
Key people
Philip Nitschke, Fiona Stewart
Employees
5
Websiteexitinternational.net
File:Exit-billboard.jpg
Exit placed Australia's first pro-voluntary euthanasia billboard, on the Hume Highway in western Sydney

Exit International, is a pro-euthanasia group founded by Dr. Philip Nitschke.[1] It was previously known as the Voluntary Euthanasia Research Foundation (VERF Inc.). Other assisted dying organisations are Dignitas and Final EXIT.[2]

Exit International was founded by Dr Philip Nitschke in 1997 after the over-turning of the world's first Voluntary Euthanasia law - the Rights of the Terminally Ill (ROTI) Act. During the ROTI Act, Dr Nitschke became the first physician in the world to administer a legal, lethal, voluntary injection.[3]

Exit International is a non-profit organisation. The organisation had 3,500-members in 2011.[4] Their average age is 75.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Australia to outlaw suicide Web sites". news.zdnet.com. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
  2. ^ "ERGO". www.finalexit.org. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  3. ^ "Exit International". www.exitinternational.net. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
  4. ^ Kennedy, Dominic. "Suicide expert Philip Nitschke launches UK tour - Times Online". TimesOnline. London: News Intl. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  5. ^ Dutter, Barbie (21st April 2011). "Pensioners defy death drug laws - Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. London: TMG. ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 49632006. Retrieved 24 July 2011. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)