Assisted-Dying Blog

California lawmakers narrowly rejected a bill on Tuesday that would have allowed the terminally ill to enlist doctors to help them commit suicide. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 3-2 to block the measure. Committee Chairman Sen. Joe Dunn, a Democrat from Santa Ana, California, cast the deciding vote, siding with two Republicans. Dunn said he […]

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EXIT, le droit de mourir (the right to die) was announced the winner of the 5th EBU Golden Link Award by Jean Réveillon, Secretary General of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), during the Sunny Side of the Doc in Marseilles, France last week. As the leading co-production partner, the Swiss French-speaking channel TSR, represented by […]

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I have just read and signed the petition: “Release Dr. Jack Kevorkian” Please take a moment to read about this important issue, and join me in signing the petition. It takes just 30 seconds, but can truly make a difference. We are trying to reach 1,000 signatures – please sign here: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/761877453 Once you have […]

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Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s request to have his second-degree murder sentence commuted has been turned down, a state prisons spokesman said. Kevorkian claims he has less than a year to live. For the fourth consecutive year, the Michigan parole board turned down the 78-year-old assisted-suicide advocate’s request, said a Corrections Department spokesman. Because the parole board […]

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PUBLISHER’S ANNOUNCEMENT: Those interested in right-to-die issues might want to check out “How We Die in America,” an article by William Colby, attorney in the landmark Nancy Cruzan right-to-die case: http://www.authorviews.com/authors/colby/obd.htm The article has some interesting revelations about the contrast between how we *think* we’re going to die and how we’re actually likely to check […]

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Gallup’s annual survey on Values and Beliefs, conducted May 8-11, 2006, finds that the vast majority of Americans continue to support “right-to-die” laws for terminally ill patients, whether that involves a doctor ending a patient’s life by some painless means, or a doctor assisting a terminally ill patient to commit suicide. An analysis of Gallup […]

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COPY OF LETTER TO THE EDITOR “The Washington Times” from Derek Humphry Columnist Nat Hentoff should ruminate on Shakespeare having King Henry V saying on the eve of Agincourt: “Old men forget,” for in his June 12 article “The devaluing of human life” Nat has got his dates all mixed up with regard to me. […]

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Voluntary euthanasia laws could soon be back up for debate in the South Australian Parliament. Independent MP Bob Such intends to introduce a private member’s bill that would allow someone with chronic pain the right to end their life. Mr Such says he is confident the majority of South Australians would welcome the law but […]

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Protest song about the treatment of Dr. Jack Kevorkian and assisted suicide. The attached song came to me in the middle of the night for no good reason that I can understand – so I’m just passing it along. It can be heard for free at the following link: http://www.broadjam.com/artists/artistindex.asp?artistID=31576 and select ‘Ode to Kevorkian’ […]

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Read an excellent and informational article about assisted suicide for the dying in the June 8 issue of Westword – an alternative newspaper out of Denver, Colorado. Further literature on euthanasia, right-to-die, assisted suicide at the ERGO bookstore.

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