Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Nov 19th, 2011
RIGHT-TO-DIE PROGRESS IN THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURY Various forms of medically assisted dying and/or assisted suicide for the terminally or hopelessly ill competent adult have been approved by 2011 in the following eleven states and nations. Each has its own rules and guidelines. All but Switzerland and Colombia forbid foreigners coming for this type [...]
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Friday’s estate sale of Jack Kevorkian’s personal possessions included a variety of items, from his plastic hair comb (didn’t sell) to the initial design prototype for his Thanatron “death machine.” It had been estimated to sell for $100,000 to $200,000, but the highest bid was $65,000, said the auction firm handling the sale. Little of [...]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Books, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), Uncategorized on Oct 25th, 2011
Two new internet publications from Derek Humphry: “How to Make Your Own Helium Hood Kit.” Pamphlet. Illustrated. $5. Download pdf “Beyond Final Exit: Lessons Learned” Mini ebook. $5 Download pdf Save them to your computer, also print your own copy. Go to www.finalexit.org
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, GLADD, Hemlock, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Oct 7th, 2011
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 & Final Exit on DVD By Derek Humphry Published October 2011 10 Pages • PDF * Price: $5.00 Available ONLY through the ERGO Bookstore [...]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, GLADD, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Sep 2nd, 2011
Two matters which might (or might not) affect you: #1. The FBI is still pressing local police and Interpol to visit persons who have been in contact with the GLADD Group, in Southern California, over helium hood kits. New York police, for instance, have made some ‘wellness checks’ six weeks ago, and again in recent [...]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Dignitas, Final Exit, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Jun 29th, 2011
The Swiss government has dropped a plan to impose stricter rules for assisted suicide. Switzerland has long permitted “passive assisted suicide,” where someone can give another person the means to kill themselves provided the helper doesn’t personally benefit from the death. The government said Wednesday that existing laws provide enough safeguards to prevent abuse without [...]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, GLADD, Hemlock, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News on Jun 18th, 2011
NO HELIUM HOOD KITS MAY BE SOLD TO OREGON — GLADD CLOSED DOWN – AT LEAST TEMPORARILY The Oregon Senate voted unanimously for the second time Thursday to adopt SB 376, which outlaws the selling of “any substance or object, that is capable of causing death” to another person with the expectation that it will [...]
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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, Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Suicide (rational) on Apr 27th, 2011
FOR THE RECORD Trial of the volunteers of the Final Exit Network in the USA A jury trial was held in Phoenix, Arizona during April 2011 concerning the death of Jana Van Voorhis, age 56, on April 12, 2007. She had chosen to die with the helium hood method with guides from the Final Exit [...]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations on Apr 21st, 2011
Final Exit Network doctor found not guilty A jury found the medical director of Final Exit Network, a national right-to-die group, innocent of conspiring to assist in a suicide, but could not reach a verdict as to one of the organization’s “exit guides.” The Maricopa County Superior Court jury deliberated from Tuesday through Thursday before [...]
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