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	<title>Assisted-Dying Blog &#187; terminal illness</title>
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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>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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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>&#8220;How to make your own helium hood kit&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2012/04/23/how-to-make-your-own-helium-hood-kit/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2012/04/23/how-to-make-your-own-helium-hood-kit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to the many interesting questions posed by customers, there is now an extended version of the pamphlet &#8220;How to Make Your Own Helium Hood Kit&#8221; dealing with these inquiries. (The technique remains the same.) It can be digitally downloaded (with illustrations) for $5 at the ERGO Bookstore. &#8212;- Derek Humphry, author, &#8220;Final Exit: The [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2012/02/16/how-to-obtain-the-best-documentary-yet-made-on-assisted-suicide/#comments</comments>
		<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>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>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=987</guid>
		<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>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/12/03/us-suicide-kit-seller-pleads-guilty-of-tax-fraud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=982</guid>
		<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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=978</guid>
		<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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://assisted-dying.org/blog/?p=953</guid>
		<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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