Banned from Speech, Minnesota Woman Returns Home

Byline: Julia Hanway, Final Exit Network ST PAUL, Minn., May 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Dying isn't ever easy. Faith knows that and she seems to have a good grasp as to what is involved with the evolution of her dementia. Faith's young daughter and her daughter's baby live with her in her Minneapolis home, downstairs in […]

Ban on Speech Forces Minnesota Woman to Leave State

Byline: Julia Hanway, Final Exit Network ST PAUL, Minn., April 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Faith is losing her mind. And she knows it. Faith has a degenerative brain disease. Her doctor has spelled out the brutal effects of it, and she is making plans for her future. Faith (who prefers to use only her first name) is a […]

World Leaders in Right to Die with Dignity Movement to Meet in Chicago

CHICAGO, Sept. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — 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 physical conditions and are considering ending their […]

Final Exit Network Barred from Exhibiting at AARP National Event and Exposition at the San Diego Convention Center on September 4, 5 & 6, 2014

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The Final Exit Network is a nonprofit volunteer organization that advocates for the right of competent adults to have full control over their end of life choices. Photo – http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140829/141604 AARP is an organization that advocates for people over 50 years old. They have been instrumental in many legislative […]

Judge Dismisses Charges Against Former Final Exit Network President in Assisted Suicide Case

HASTINGS, Minn., March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — A judge dismissed all charges against former Final Exit Network president Ted Goodwin, who was charged last year with "advising, encouraging or assisting" in the "suicide" of a member. Doreen Dunn, 57, exited in 2007. Goodwin was not involved in Dunn's self-deliverance. He was charged with a felony and […]

Georgia High Court Exonerates Final Exit Network's Volunteers

ATLANTA, Feb. 7, 2012 — The Supreme Court of Georgia yesterday struck down the state's assisted-suicide law, abruptly terminating the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's prosecution of four Final Exit Network right-to-die activists. The state high court agreed with the 3,000-member, national not-for-profit organization's argument that the Georgia law violated the free speech guarantees of the […]

Final Exit Network Die with Dignity Billboards Continue in Chicago, Denver and Los Angeles

PENNINGTON, N.J., June 2, 2011 — Today, Final Exit Network continues the roll-out of billboards on the nation's highways – Chicago, Denver and in Los Angeles. These follow others that have been placed in San Francisco, Boston, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, New Jersey and Florida. The message is simply "Irreversible illness? Unbearable Pain? Die with Dignity … […]

Final Exit Network Volunteers Found Innocent in Right-to-Die Case

PHOENIX, April 22, 2011 — A jury found the medical director of Final Exit Network, a national right-to-die group, innocent of conspiring to assist in a suicide, but could not reach a verdict as to one of the organization's "exit guides." After a two-week trial, the Maricopa County Superior Court jury deliberated from Tuesday through […]

Final Exit Network Messages Now on Commercial Airline Flights and in Airports Across the U.S.

PENNINGTON, N.J., Jan. 3, 2011 – This week an interview with Final Exit Network President Dr. Jerry Dincin will begin to play on more than 4000 airline flights during January and February, throughout the Americas and Europe. Along with these interviews spot announcements will run on television monitors in 48 American airports. The interview stresses […]

Final Exit Network Die with Dignity Billboards Continue in Washington D.C., Baltimore and South Florida

PENNINGTON, N.J., Oct. 18, 2010 — This week, Final Exit Network continues the rollout of billboards on the nation's highways and in the night sky, to help raise public awareness and promote a dialogue on the right to die with dignity. During the last two weekends of October the evening sky will be lit up […]

Final Exit Network Right-to-Die Billboards Appear in California, New Jersey and Florida

PENNINGTON, N.J., June 16, 2010 — Today Final Exit Network began the roll-out of billboards on the nation's highways to help raise public awareness and promote a dialogue on the right to die. The first board appears in San Francisco, and others will follow in New Jersey and Florida. The message is simply, "My Life, […]

Final Exit Network: 'Right to Die at Forefront Again with Kevorkian Film'

KINGSTON, N.J., April 21, 2010 — The debate over physician-assisted suicide and the right of incurably suffering people to end their own lives has again been brought to national attention by the HBO premiere of "You Don't Know Jack," on the HBO pay-channel, April 24th. The film is based on the book "Between the Dying […]

Montana Becomes Third State to Permit Physician-Assisted Suicide – But Final Exit Network Asks, 'Is It Enough?'

KINGSTON, N.J., Jan. 6, 2010 — The Montana Supreme Court, on December 31, 2009, made Montana the third state allowing physician-assisted suicide. Oregon's voters, in 1994, had created the landmark decision first, surviving legal challenges when the U.S. Supreme Court, using states' rights as the deciding factor, affirmed the voters' wishes legally in 2005. Washington […]

Court Orders Final Exit Network Funds Seized by the Government to Be Returned

KINGSTON, N.J., Dec. 1, 2009 — The Chief Judge of the Superior Court of Forsyth County Georgia has ordered that bank accounts of the Final Exit Network seized last February be released, stating that "further retention of these funds by the state would be unlawful." On February 25, 2009 four volunteers of the Final Exit […]