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Monthly Archive for November, 2014

Death With Dignity law reform starting in Colorado

Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations on Nov 17th, 2014

A bill legalizing physician-assisted death for terminally ill patients in Colorado is being drafted and would probably be introduced later this year. Roland Halpern, the regional director of Compassion and Choices in Denver, said surveys show that 90 percent of people ages 65 and older want to die at home but only 24 percent have […]

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752 died using Oregon’s Death With Dignity law

Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Nov 14th, 2014

Oregon’s first-in-the-nation Death with Dignity law turned 20 this month, establishing a substantial record of who dies and why. As of last year, 1,173 Oregonians have qualified for lethal prescriptions, and 752 patients have used them to end their lives. The typical participant was white, well-educated, over 65 years old and suffering from terminal cancer. […]

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Brittany Maynard dies using Oregon’s law

Posted in Assisted dying, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, People in the News, physician-assisted suicide, right to die on Nov 3rd, 2014

Brittany Maynard took her life on the day she had predicted, Saturday, November 1, 2014. A brave person who faced up realistically to the tragedy in her life. Her story has had an impact. About 70 terminal residents every year in Oregon use this law to hasten their ends.

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