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		<title>Contributions to ERGO are requested</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/12/07/987/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[End-of-year appeal by ERGO I know everybody is currently asking you for money, and these are difficult times, but if you care about the right to choose to die please think of ERGO (Euthanasia Research &#038; Guidance Org) in your gift-giving this month. We are a tiny organization but still have weighty outgoings concerning technical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US suicide-kit seller pleads guilty of tax fraud</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/12/03/us-suicide-kit-seller-pleads-guilty-of-tax-fraud/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 91-year-old Californian woman has pleaded guilty to failing to file federal tax returns for her company that made and sold helium hood kits. They were intended for the terminally ill to bring their lives to a speedy end if they wished. Sharlotte Hydorn admitted paying no tax on $66,717 (£42,775) of income in 2010. [...]]]></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>Where physician-assisted suicide laws stand now (2011)</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/11/19/where-physician-assisted-suicide-laws-stand-now-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/11/19/where-physician-assisted-suicide-laws-stand-now-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=973</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia Supreme Court to hear appeal in the Final Exit Network case</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/11/02/georgia-supreme-court-to-hear-appeal-in-the-final-exit-network-case/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/11/02/georgia-supreme-court-to-hear-appeal-in-the-final-exit-network-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Georgia&#8217;s highest court is set to review an appeal by four members of a suicide group charged with helping a cancer-stricken man kill himself. The Georgia Supreme Court is set to hear the arguments Monday, reports A.P. The four were indicted by a Forsyth County grand jury in March 2010. They pleaded not guilty to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr Kevorkian&#8217;s suicide machine fails to sell</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/10/29/dr-kevorkians-suicide-machine-fails-to-sell/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/10/29/dr-kevorkians-suicide-machine-fails-to-sell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday&#8217;s estate sale of Jack Kevorkian&#8217;s personal possessions included a variety of items, from his plastic hair comb (didn&#8217;t sell) to the initial design prototype for his Thanatron &#8220;death machine.&#8221; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New publications from Derek Humphry about self-deliverance</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/10/25/new-publications-from-derek-humphry-about-self-deliverance/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/10/25/new-publications-from-derek-humphry-about-self-deliverance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two new internet publications from Derek Humphry: &#8220;How to Make Your Own Helium Hood Kit.&#8221; Pamphlet. Illustrated. $5. Download pdf &#8220;Beyond Final Exit: Lessons Learned&#8221; Mini ebook. $5 Download pdf Save them to your computer, also print your own copy. Go to www.finalexit.org]]></description>
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		<title>Time Britain allowed assisted suicide for the dying, says expert</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/08/30/time-britain-allowed-assisted-suicide-for-the-dying-says-expert/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/08/30/time-britain-allowed-assisted-suicide-for-the-dying-says-expert/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Terminally ill patients should receive medical help to commit suicide if they want to die, a [UK] government adviser has said. Martin Green, a social care expert for the Department of Health, said those who were physically unable to end their own lives were being deprived of &#8220;choice&#8221; and &#8220;autonomy&#8221; in Britain where assisted suicide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poet writes of his life and death</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/08/18/poet-writes-of-his-life-and-death/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/08/18/poet-writes-of-his-life-and-death/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Andrew Barkley writes to ERGO: I&#8217;m an author and someone living with a critical illness. I&#8217;ve recently written a poem in support of &#8216;dignity in dying&#8217;. Ode to Life &#8211; TIME Life is retiring me, how am I to cope? Futile now it seems, my last lifeline of hope What is to become of me, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The use of helium hood kits is defended</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/06/28/the-use-of-helium-hood-kits-is-defended/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/06/28/the-use-of-helium-hood-kits-is-defended/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LETTERS IN AN EDITOR’S MAILBAG Published in the Eugene Register-Guard, Oregon, Jun 28, 2011 Right-to-die is gaining ground The Oregon Legislature has taken a backhoe to crush a hen’s egg in the case of the helium hood kits for sale. Dozens of Oregonians have already stocked up with their kits. What the legislators, the FBI [...]]]></description>
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