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	<title>Assisted-Dying Blog &#187; ergo</title>
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	<description>Weblog of Derek Humphry, founder of the Hemlock Society &#38; author of Final Exit, serving the rights of competent, terminally ill adults for 30 years</description>
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		<title>Final Exit Network will fight new charges against its volunteers</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2012/05/14/final-exit-network-will-fight-new-charges-against-its-volunteers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 01:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRESS RELEASE from the Final Exit Network May 14, 2012 MINNESOTA PROSECUTOR OBTAINS GRAND JURY INDICTMENT OF FINAL EXIT NETWORK AND FOUR OF ITS VOLUNTEERS HASTINGS, Minnesota — James Backstrom, the Dakota County prosecutor, called a press conference to deny that he has initiated a war on the right-to-die movement by securing a 17-count indictment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another attack on the Final Exit Network</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2012/05/08/another-attack-on-the-final-exit-network-2/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2012/05/08/another-attack-on-the-final-exit-network-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 16:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=1132</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[PRESS RELEASE May 7, 2012 INDICTMENT OF FINAL EXIT NETWORK VOLUNTEERS IS EXPECTED THIS WEEK IN HASTINGS, MINNESOTA HASTINGS, Minnesota — James C. Backstrom, the prosecutor in this suburb of Minneapolis-St. Paul, is launching an attack on the right-to-die movement. Backstrom has publicly revealed plans to secure grand jury indictments this Friday (May 11, 2012) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;How to make your own helium hood kit&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2012/04/23/how-to-make-your-own-helium-hood-kit/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2012/04/23/how-to-make-your-own-helium-hood-kit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=1122</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Due to the many interesting questions posed by customers, there is now an extended version of the pamphlet &#8220;How to Make Your Own Helium Hood Kit&#8221; dealing with these inquiries. (The technique remains the same.) It can be digitally downloaded (with illustrations) for $5 at the ERGO Bookstore. &#8212;- Derek Humphry, author, &#8220;Final Exit: The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The man who made a difference</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2012/03/12/the-man-who-made-a-difference/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2012/03/12/the-man-who-made-a-difference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=1085</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Derek Humphry If there is anybody in the right-to-die movement who made a radical difference it was Dr. Peter Goodwin, who brought his life to an end on 11 March 2012 in the presence of his family, using the law he helped to pass. Aged 83, he suffered from an incurable brain illness. Up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t get caught out by legislative actions</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2012/03/04/dont-get-caught-out-by-legislative-actions/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2012/03/04/dont-get-caught-out-by-legislative-actions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 19:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=1076</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A valuable web site from the Death With Dignity National Center outlines the current stages of various &#8216;right-to-die&#8217; or opposing bills now in front of American legislatures. Worth visiting at http://www.deathwithdignity.org/advocates/national/]]></description>
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		<title>How to obtain the best documentary yet made on assisted suicide</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2012/02/16/how-to-obtain-the-best-documentary-yet-made-on-assisted-suicide/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2012/02/16/how-to-obtain-the-best-documentary-yet-made-on-assisted-suicide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=1059</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;How to die in Oregon&#8221; a video by Peter Richardson The DVD of this prize-winning documentary is now available to order OUTSIDE the US and Canada. Here&#8217;s the link to order: http://www.filmbaby.com/films/5819 ==== To order WITHIN the USA and Canada, go to the DVD distributor&#8217;s webpage: http://bit.ly/sIn4JK ===== NOTE: This is not an ERGO project, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final Exit Network wins Georgia court case</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2012/02/06/final-exit-network-wins-georgia-court-case/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2012/02/06/final-exit-network-wins-georgia-court-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=1046</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Press release GEORGIA HIGH COURT EXONERATES FINAL EXIT NETWORK’S VOLUNTEERS ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 6, 2012 — The Supreme Court of Georgia today struck down the state’s assisted-suicide law, abruptly terminating the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s prosecution of four Final Exit Network right-to-die activists. The state high court agreed with the 3,000-member, national not-for-profit organization’s argument [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No evidence helium tanks have been adulterated</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2012/01/28/no-evidence-helium-tanks-have-been-adulterated/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2012/01/28/no-evidence-helium-tanks-have-been-adulterated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=1038</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After researching the development and use of the helium self-deliverance method for five years as NuTech&#8217;s unofficial historian, I can assure readers of this blog of two things with certainty: 1. The &#8220;party balloon kit&#8221; helium tanks contain 100.00% helium, with no other gases. 2. Misstatements to the contrary have no basis whatsoever in fact, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stand up for Sharlotte Hydorn</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2012/01/19/stand-up-for-sharlotte-hydorn/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2012/01/19/stand-up-for-sharlotte-hydorn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=1027</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Re: United States v. Sharlotte Hydorn Victims Rights and Restitution Act If you are one of those persons who recently received a &#8216;victim letter&#8217; from the US Department of Justice in connection with Ms Sharlotte Hydorn, of California, who used to supply helium hood kits upon request, I suggest that you respond to it this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Most Canadians support assisted suicide, poll finds</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/12/30/most-canadians-support-assisted-suicide-poll-finds/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/12/30/most-canadians-support-assisted-suicide-poll-finds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=998</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At least two-thirds of Canadians support assisted suicide, according to a Forum Research poll for the National Post. The poll found 67 per cent of Canadians favor legalizing doctor-assisted suicide of terminally ill patients. In Ontario only 60 per cent of residents agreed. The poll shows support is highest among men and respondents under the [...]]]></description>
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