A woman has been charged with importing a euthanasia drug from Mexico into Australia. Two bottles of the border-controlled drug Nembutal were intercepted at Melbourne Airport last March. Australian Federal Police officers executed a search warrant on an address in the eastern suburb of Canterbury on April 15, 2009 but the woman was not charged [...]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Final Exit, Living Will, People in the News, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations on Dec 11th, 2009
It is not an attempt to start any kind of “organization” or to solicit any money for any reason. “It’s just a personal conviction of ours,” McKay said. We paid for it out of our own pockets.”
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Final Exit, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Nov 20th, 2009
There is a long and extremely interesting article in the Guardian in London. Worth reading. To read it, go to (you may need to copy/paste this URL) http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/nov/18/assisted-suicide-dignitas-house ———————————- Inside the Dignitas house More than 1,000 people have traveled to Switzerland to end their lives. But what is it really like inside the world’s first [...]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Suicide (rational) on Oct 12th, 2009
How ‘right-to-die’ stands in 2009 –
Where voluntary euthanasia (VE) and/or physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is now legally permitted under guidelines
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You may care to look at my documents on the new internet publishing system called ‘Scribd’. A Living Will, history of Hemlock, student’s briefing, and so on. All free! Go to http://www.scribd.com/FinalExit —–Derek Humphry, Oregon
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Posted in Assisted Suicide on May 29th, 2009
Last year the number of euthanasia cases registered [in Holland] went up by ten percent compared to 2007. The five regional euthanasia vetting committees say in their annual report that 2,300 cases were reported. They are expecting a further increase in the current year. According to the committees the rise is due to a new [...]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on May 22nd, 2009
The Associated Press newsagency reported on 22 May 2009: Man ordered held in assisted suicide case By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A Las Vegas man was ordered held without bond Friday for allegedly trying to smuggle the same type of animal tranquilizers into the country that authorities say may have [...]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on May 10th, 2009
There has been a lot of talk recently of getting from Mexico bottles of veterinary Nembutal for self-deliverance. Some reports claim one bottle is enough. True, one bottle of veterinary Nembutal (6 gms) will end the life of a frail, elderly person already close to death, but a physically strong person, healthy in all ways [...]
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The controversy over the right to die of Eluana Englaro is really a battle over religious beliefs and secondarily about the law of Italy. This case is being used as a football in a struggle for moral power by the Vatican over the rules of life and death. All over the world, people nowadays want [...]
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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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