Hello…
My name is Sean Davison.
I oversee Exit’s Swiss Application & Friend Assistance Programs.
Prior to joining Exit, I founded Dignity South Africa. I am also a former President of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies.
A Bit About Me
Let’s start at the beginning. I am a New Zealander by birth. I was raised in Hokitika, by my Irish father and British mother. One of four children.
In 1991, I moved to South Africa to take up post-doctoral research studies at the University of Cape Town where I became Professor of Molecular Biology & DNA Forensics, later establishing the molecular virology & a DNA forensics laboratories
I am married to Raine and have three great kids, and two beloved dogs.
My Activism Part 1
In 2010, I was arrested in New Zealand and charged with the attempted murder of my terminally-ill mother, Dr Patricia Ferguson. I had written a book Before We Say Goodbye about the final three months leading up to her death.
Unfortunately, I sent a manuscript of the book to my older sister Mary. Mary promptly reported me to the police.
I would go on to be arrested and charged with Pat’s attempted murder in September 2010. A year later, I reluctantly took a plea deal (to assisting her suicide) and spent 5 months in home detention in New Zealand.
My Activism Part 2
In 2018 – 2019, I was charged in Sth Africa with the murder of three people: my quadriplegic friend Anrich Burger, MND sufferer Justin Varian and Richard Holland who suffered from Locked in Syndrome. (There is no such thing as assisted suicide in Sth Africa).
After much politicking, I took a plea deal and served 3 years home detention. As soon as my detention was up, I relocated with my family to the UK.
Our Work at Exit Switzerland
Exit offers two programs: the Application Assistance Program and our Friends Assistance Program.
The decision to go to Switzerland must be yours alone. Exit cannot encourage you to die. We will respect your decision if it is rational, considered, long-held and voluntary.
Our sole motivation in helping you through the Swiss red tape is compassion – that you get the peaceful, reliable and lawful death that you desire (in a country where assisted suicide is respected as a civil and human right).
Please remember, it is not until you are in Switzerland and have seen the consulting doctor (and been given ‘green light’) that will you be in a position to decide to go ahead (or not) with your assisted death.
