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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>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 16:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
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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>The man who made a difference</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2012/03/12/the-man-who-made-a-difference/</link>
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		<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>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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
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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>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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		<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>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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		<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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		<title>When and whether to escape the tragedy of Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/11/27/when-and-whether-to-escape-the-tragedy-of-alzheimers-disease/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/11/27/when-and-whether-to-escape-the-tragedy-of-alzheimers-disease/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[************************************************** To view Derek Humphry&#8217;s opinion on Alzheimers Disease and the possibility of self-deliverance from it, visit this site on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheFinalExit#p/a/u/0/_jHcVEhZc_Y Four minutes long &#8211; &#8220;The Tragic Dilemma of Alzheimer&#8217;s&#8221; ****************************************************]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia does not criminalize physician-assisted suicide provided it is not publicized</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/11/06/georgia-does-not-criminalize-physician-assisted-suicide-provided-it-is-not-publicized/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[QUIETLY, GEORGIA BECOMES FOURTH STATE TO LEGALIZE PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE By Robert Rivas, General Counsel, Final Exit Network, Tallahassee, Florida ATLANTA, Georgia — Without fanfare, Georgia has become the fourth state in the United States to legalize physician-assisted suicide, the attorney general of Georgia disclosed in a brief before the Supreme Court of Georgia. Until now, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Launch of new pamphlet on how to make a helium hood kit yourself</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/10/07/launch-of-new-pamphlet-on-how-to-make-a-helium-hood-kit-yourself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How To Make Your Own Helium Hood Kit Information for competent adults who are terminally or hopelessly ill and wish to die 2011 Addendum to Chapter 23 of Final Exit book &#038; Final Exit on DVD By Derek Humphry Published October 2011 10 Pages • PDF * Price: $5.00 Available ONLY through the ERGO Bookstore [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch doctors&#8217; group urges wider reasons for euthanasia</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/09/09/dutch-doctors-group-urges-wider-reasons-for-euthanasia/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/09/09/dutch-doctors-group-urges-wider-reasons-for-euthanasia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new position paper just published by the Dutch Physicians Association (KNMG) says unbearable and lasting suffering should not be the only criteria physicians consider when a patient requests euthanasia. The KNMG says the new guidelines will clarify the responsibilities, possibilities and limitations that physicians have within the regulations of the 2002 euthanasia law (Termination [...]]]></description>
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