Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Dead, death, Derek Humphry, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Jun 15th, 2011
RE POLICE VISITS TO PERSONS WHO WERE CUSTOMERS OF GLADD The purpose of the police or sheriff making ‘wellness visits’ is to find out if a person has taken their life, or intending to. Such visits are lawful under US health laws; they are not criminal inquiries because suicide is not a crime. A person [...]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Books, Dead, death, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Jun 8th, 2011
From Derek Humphry (journalist & author) Important alert re GLADD For those who might have missed it, GLADD Group no longer can supply a helium hood kit. An FBI raid on 25 May 2011 shut the operation in Southern California down, seizing all documentation, orders, checks, materials, hard-drive and the sewing machine. FBI agents also [...]
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Pioneering Hemlock Society member dies Shirley Carroll O’Connor, who was the first person to join the Hemlock Society when it was formed on 12 August 1980, died on 16 December 2010. Shirley was 93. She lived in the Laguna Hills area of California. Up to the end she was still a volunteer worker for Compassion [...]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Oct 29th, 2009
Switzerland has announced plans to crack down on so-called ‘suicide tourism’ by signalling that it might close the Dignitas clinic that has helped hundreds of terminally ill people to end their lives. The plans, in the form of two draft Bills that will be offered for public debate, are likely to set off a rush [...]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Blogroll, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Mar 23rd, 2009
Liberty and Death A manifesto concerning an individual’s right to choose to die In a spirit of compassion for all, this manifesto proclaims that every competent adult has the incontestable right to humankind’s ultimate civil and personal liberty –- the right to die in a manner and at a time of their own choosing. Whereas [...]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Mar 18th, 2009
Ted Goodwin, one of the four persons charged by Georgia police with assisting a suicide, told the Associated Press on 03.17.09: “We believe that it is the right of every mentally competent adult to determine whether he or she is suffering,” Goodwin said. “We do not believe this should be left to the physicians, church [...]
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Luxembourg has become the third European Union country, after the Netherlands and Belgium, to decriminalise voluntary euthanasia. Terminally ill people will be able to have their lives ended after receiving the approval of two doctors and a panel of experts. Last year, Luxembourg became embroiled in a constitutional crisis when Grand Duke Henri refused to [...]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, People in the News, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Mar 4th, 2009
Defense fund for the GEORGia FOUR accused of assisting a suicide can be seen at www.finalexitlibertyfund.org
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, People in the News, Politics/Law, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Feb 28th, 2009
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS reported 27 Feb 09: ATLANTA (AP) — Members of an assisted suicide ring say they’ve done nothing wrong and seem eager for a court battle over criminal charges they helped a Georgia man kill himself, while their supporters are using the case as a rallying cry for more debate about end-of-life issues. [...]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, Final Exit, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Sep 13th, 2008
Program for the 17th World Euthanasia Congress in Paris Towards a global recognition of our final freedom Thursday October 30th – Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 Concorde la Fayette Hotel (3, place du Général-Koenig – Paris 17ème) 2 pm – 5 pm: members of ADMD-France will welcome the delegates and distribute the working documents.
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