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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>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>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<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>Public speakers on the right to choose to die</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/10/11/public-speakers-on-the-right-to-choose-to-die/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/10/11/public-speakers-on-the-right-to-choose-to-die/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KEYNOTE SPEAKER Derek Humphry, founder of the original Hemlock Society USA in l980, was the keynote speaker at the 2011 annual meeting of Compassion and Choices of Washington state on Saturday, October 22. A journalist and author, Humphry is well known as the author of the bestselling books &#8216;Jean&#8217;s Way&#8217; and &#8216;Final Exit&#8217;. There were [...]]]></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>Farewell Foundation for the Right to Die Brings Constitutional Challenge to Decriminalise Assisted Suicide</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/02/21/farewell-foundation-for-the-right-to-die-brings-constitutional-challenge-to-decriminalise-assisted-suicide/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/02/21/farewell-foundation-for-the-right-to-die-brings-constitutional-challenge-to-decriminalise-assisted-suicide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/?p=812</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Vancouver, B.C. February 21, 2011 The Farewell Foundation for the Right to Die commenced a constitutional challenge to the validity of s.241(b) of the Criminal Code this morning. Section 241(b) enacts the offence of aiding and abetting suicide, which is punishable by a term of incarceration of up to 14 years. The Farewell Foundation is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top documentary award for Oregon right-to-die video</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/02/04/top-documentary-award-for-oregon-right-to-die-video/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2011/02/04/top-documentary-award-for-oregon-right-to-die-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/?p=803</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week&#8217;s Sundance Film Festival winner for the best documentary video was &#8216;How to Die in Oregon&#8217; in which I have a tiny cameo role explaining the history of how the physician-assisted suicide law came about. Overall, I&#8217;m told, it is a very moving film; not seen it yet. The film will be showing at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Refresher info on how &#8216;right-to-die&#8217; laws stand now</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2009/10/12/refresher-info-on-how-right-to-die-laws-stand-now/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2009/10/12/refresher-info-on-how-right-to-die-laws-stand-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How ‘right-to-die’ stands in 2009 --
Where voluntary euthanasia (VE) and/or physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is now legally permitted under guidelines]]></description>
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		<title>Washington Campaign to Legalize Physician-Assisted Suicide Enters Final Weeks</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2008/09/23/washington-campaign-to-legalize-physician-assisted-suicide-enters-final-weeks/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2008/09/23/washington-campaign-to-legalize-physician-assisted-suicide-enters-final-weeks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/?p=343</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Oregon Death with Dignity Political Action Fund is leading efforts to raise $1M to ensure passage of the Washington Death with Dignity initiative this November [2008]. We are entering the most critical time for the Washington campaign. We are working on the final push to raise enough money to purchase television commercials to counter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Washington state initiative for physician-assisted suicide law</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2008/05/30/help-the-washington-state-ballot-initiative-to-get-physician-assisted-suicide-law/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2008/05/30/help-the-washington-state-ballot-initiative-to-get-physician-assisted-suicide-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 15:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to help the Washington State Ballot initiative planned for this November The aim is to introduce a law similar to Oregon’s ten year old physician-assisted dying law. The PAC driving the campaign (formerly called &#8220;It&#8217;s My Decision&#8220;) is now called Yes! on I-1000 (www.yeson1000.org). Running the campaign is a coalition of right to die [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New try for assisted suicide law in Washington State</title>
		<link>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2008/01/20/new-try-for-assisted-suicide-law-in-washington-state/</link>
		<comments>http://assisted-dying.org/blog/2008/01/20/new-try-for-assisted-suicide-law-in-washington-state/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://assistedsuicide.org/blog/2008/01/20/new-try-for-assisted-suicide-law-in-washington-state/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On January 9, former Governor Booth Gardner filed the Washington State Death with Dignity Initiative with the Secretary of State. It is a replica of the successful and court-tested Oregon law. Joining Governor Gardner were Washington nurses, physicians, clergy, patient advocates, and family members who have faced difficult end-of-life decisions. Compassion &#38; Choices (national), Compassion [...]]]></description>
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