Weblog of Derek Humphry, founder of the Hemlock Society & author of Final Exit, serving the rights of competent, terminally ill adults for 30 years
Posted in Assisted Suicide on Jan 28th, 2022
All across America big chains are closing pharmacies because they are unprofitable. Now it has hit home to me, as local public radio KLCC is reporting…. Veneta’s only pharmacy closes KLCC | By Noah Camuso Published January 28, 2022 at 12:42 PM PST Derek Humphry (91) has lived in Veneta, Oregon, for 32 years. Veneta’s only […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Canada assisted dying laws, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, Switzerland on Jan 10th, 2022
Sunday’s Washington Post, looking at the future, had commentary on the 1972 movie ‘SOYLENT GREEN’ and its predictions about the future of medical assisted dying. Extract: Between the food shortages, staggering inequality, oppressive temperatures and stairwells lined with sleeping homeless people, life in “Soylent Green” isn’t a picnic. Perhaps that’s why authorities in the movie […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News, Switzerland on Jan 9th, 2022
Choice in dying has long been progressive in Colombia, alone among South American countries. Reuters is reporting: Colombian Victor Escobar became the first person in the Andean country with a non-terminal illness to die by legally regulated euthanasia late on Friday, his lawyer Luis Giraldo confirmed. “We reached the goal for patients like me, who […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Living Will, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, Switzerland on Jan 2nd, 2022
Interesting to observe how immediately used is the new medical aid in dying law in Catalonia: On December 2, Catalan health general secretary, Meritxell Masó, published numbers about the people who used the Spanish euthanasia law since the Catalan government implemented this in June 2021 in this part of Spain. Until November 30, 53 requests […]
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