Posted in Assisted Suicide, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Oct 27th, 2007
George David Exoo was a free man Friday for the first time in four months. U.S. District Magistrate Judge Clarke VanDervort denied a request by the U.S. Attorney’s Office to extradite the former Beckley Unitarian minister to Ireland for his alleged role five years ago in assisting the suicide of a woman there. Exoo, 65, […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Blogroll, Books, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, Opinion Pieces, People in the News, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Oct 24th, 2007
What happened to the pioneering right-to-die group When Gerald Larue and Derek Humphry entered the Los Angeles Press Club on 12 August 1980 to announce to the world the formation of the Hemlock Society, there were many doubters that it could last. After all, it was the only organization in America currently saying that assisted […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), Uncategorized on Oct 21st, 2007
The judge in the extradition hearing concerning the Rev. George David Exoo will give his decision this coming Friday. October 26, 2007 The hearing will be at the federal building in Charleston, West Virginia. If the judge rules against Mr Exoo, he will be deported to Ireland to face criminal charges in Dublin alleging that […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Film/TV/Radio, Final Exit, Hemlock, People in the News, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Oct 4th, 2007
Following the loss of her father earlier this year, Sharon Osbourne has made her own end-of-life plans, reports MSNBC.com. She and husband Ozzy have decided to choose their own ends should a mentally degenerative disease afflict either of them. ”I saw my father suffer from the day he came back into my life in 2002 […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Hemlock, People in the News, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Oct 1st, 2007
The Associated Press reported: Assisted suicide research criticized: professor replies By William McCall, The Associated Press, October 1, 2007 PORTLAND – Doctor-assisted suicide in Oregon and The Netherlands does not result in more deaths among certain groups of terminally ill patients such as the poor or senior citizens, according to a controversial new study. The […]
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