Exit International
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Not to be confused with Exit (right-to-die organisation).
Exit International is an international non-profit organisation advocating legalisation of voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide.[1] It was previously known as the Voluntary Euthanasia Research Foundation (VERF Inc.).
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Founded | 1997 |
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Founder | Philip Nitschke |
Focus | Voluntary euthanasia, assisted suicide |
Location | |
Origins | Voluntary Euthanasia Research Foundation (VERF Inc.) |
Area served | International |
Members | 3,500 |
Key people | Philip Nitschke, Fiona Stewart |
Employees | 5 |
Website | www |
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Exit International was founded by Philip Nitschke in 1997 after the over-turning of the world's first Voluntary Euthanasia law—the Rights of the Terminally Ill (ROTI) Act enacted in the Northern Territory, Australia. During the ROTI Act, Nitschke became the first physician in the world to administer a legal, lethal, voluntary injection.[2]
The organisation had 3,500 members as of 2011[update].[3] Their average age is 75.[4]