We Serve:

People Are Suffering. Every year thousands of competent adults must suffer needlessly, forced to live through a lingering and often painful death. Control, dignity and quality of life are distant memories. All that remains for them is the reality of an indefinite or hopeless future.

Individuals with neurological illnesses such as Parkinson's disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease) and Alzheimer's disease often lose the reason and will to live long before their disease qualifies as "terminal." Others who are facing protracted, losing battles with cancer, stroke, congestive heart failure, emphysema and other incurable conditions yearn for dignified withdrawal rather than clinging desperately to every breath.

Many of these individuals are not being served. Final Exit Network will serve these and many others like them.

Final Exit Network is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to serving people who are suffering from an intolerable condition. Network volunteers offer you counseling, support, and even guidance to self-deliverance at a time and place of your choosing, but you always do the choosing. We will never encourage you to hasten your death.

In the News

Jane Brody features Final Exit Network in NY Times! 3/18/08 Some Wisconsin Residents Seek Choice In Death 2/27/08 Luxembourg Parliament Adopts Euthanasia Law 2/20/08 A Heartfelt Appeal for a Graceful Exit by Jane Brody Letter to Jane Brody by Sheila Redd Should euthanasia be legal? Read both sides at Euthanasia ProCon