PENNINGTON, N.J., Jan. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 the information and compassionate support Final Exit Network provides to mentally competent adult members who suffer from an irreversible illness that has for them become unbearable, and who wish to hasten the end of their life. Dr. Dincin says that, consistently, national polls have shown that 75-80% of the American public favor a person's right to die when medical circumstances warrant their decision.  

The public service announcement on airport monitors speaks to the right to die with dignity and asks viewers' support in advocating for the organization and for this ultimate human right of the 21st century.  

The display of Final Exit Network highway billboards around the country continues with one now up in Pittsburgh, another to follow later this month in Cleveland and then in Boston.  These efforts are being paid for by member donations. Anyone wishing to make a tax-deductible contribution toward future billboards is welcome to do so by making a donation on the organization's website.  

Final Exit Network believes that mentally competent adults have a basic human right to end their lives when they suffer from a fatal or irreversible illness they can no longer bear, 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 restriction by the law, clergy, medical profession, even friends and relatives, no matter how well intentioned. Dincin notes, "Only laws in Oregon, Washington and Montana currently allow hastening death at the end of life."  

FEN offers free service to all members who qualify, providing relevant information, home visits if possible and compassionate counseling for the individual and family. It further promotes the use of advanced directives and other legal instruments to document the intentions of any individual and to increase the likelihood that their wishes at the end of life will be honored.  

Final Exit Network is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to counseling, support, and guidance for those clients, who themselves choose the when, how, under what circumstances, and especially IF, to proceed. Dincin stresses that "FEN does not encourage anyone to end their life, does not provide the means to do so and does not actively assist in the person's death. We do, however, believe in the ultimate human right of people to end their lives when circumstances justify, and to have support in carrying out their plan."  

Final Exit Network is a six-year-old 501(c)3 non-profit. Contributions are tax-deductible. More information is available on the website: http://www.finalexitnetwork.org. E-mail to [email protected]. Phone: 866-654-9156.  

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SOURCE Final Exit Network