Final Exit Network

Ensuring Death with Dignity

Our Guiding Principles

Mentally competent adults have a basic human right to end their lives when they suffer from a fatal or irreversible illness or intractable pain, when their quality of life is personally unacceptable, and the future holds only hopelessness and misery. Such a right shall be an individual choice, including the timing and companion, free of any restrictions by the law, clergy, medical profession, even friends and relatives no matter how well-intentioned. We do not encourage anyone to end their life, do not provide the means to do so, and do not actively assist in a person’s death. We do, however, support any member who requests it when medical circumstances warrant their decision.

Our Mission

• To work toward obtaining the basic human right of competent adults, who are suffering from irreversible illness or intractable pain and who no longer want to live, to be able to end their lives on their own terms.
• To raise the awareness of all Americans concerning this basic human right.
• To offer free service to all who qualify, providing relevant information, home visits if possible and compassionate counseling for individual and family.
• To promote the use of advance directives and other related legal instruments to document the intentions of any individual.
• To sponsor research into new peaceful and reliable methods to end life.
• To vigorously defend our guiding principle in a court of law when necessary.