Exit International was founded in 1997 by Dr Philip Nitschke.
Exit is unique in the right to die movement globally in that Exit represents a human rights (non-medical) approach to a person’s right to determine the time and manner of their death.
Dying is not a medical process. As such, the dying process does not always (or ever) need to involve the medical profession.
Exit’s aim is to ensure that all rational adults who desire choice over their death have access to the best available information so that they may have absolute control over when and how they die.
Exit is a non-profit Australian public company with an online membership of over 20,000 supporters around the world.
Exit is supported by a small staff & an active network of volunteers worldwide.
Exit’s income is achieved from memberships, bequests and other donations.
The average age of Exit members is 75 years. The vast majority of Exit members are the well elderly. A significant minority of members are seriously ill.
Exit was formerly known as the Voluntary Euthanasia Research Foundation (VERF).