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Category Archive for 'Assisted Suicide'

Get ‘Final Exit 2020’ Ebook here

Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Jean's Way, right to die on Dec 17th, 2023

https://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store

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ERGO shut down — work transferred

Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance on Dec 10th, 2023

The ERGO organization officially closed October 2023.  Its work is done by the Final Exit Network (FEN, a nonprofit US national organization based in Florida). Derek Humphry’s books  (including ‘Final Exit’) are available at Amazon and Kindle,

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It started with Hemlock in 1980

Posted in Assisted Suicide on Nov 9th, 2023

ERGO (Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization) has officially closed down as an Oregon nonprofit group. Formed in 1993 by Derek Humphry (a best-selling author) it provided helpful guidance to many terminally ill persons, and was the source for the sales of guide books such as “Jean’s Way” and “Final Exit” both in paperback and ebook […]

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Assisted dying rules improved in Hawaii

Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit Network, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, RTD News, Switzerland on Jul 1st, 2023

Compassion and Choices reports that thanks to the persistence of Dr. Chuck Miller and many advocates in Hawai’i, Gov. Josh Green, on June 6, signed into law HB 650, a bill that improves the Our Care, Our Choice Act in 3 ways: 1) It reduces the mandatory waiting period from 20 to 5 days, 2) […]

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Medical assisted dying was her escape

Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Philip Nitschke MD, physician-assisted suicide, Switzerland on Jun 25th, 2023

A euthanasia advocate claims the death of a 23-year-old woman with a painful terminal illness shows the benefits of new voluntary assisted dying laws work – but he says more still needs to be done. Brave Lily Thai ‘peacefully passed away’ after a years-long battle with autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy (AAG) – a rare condition where […]

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Doctors in Australian state willing to help

Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Dignitas, Dutch euthanasia, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, Switzerland on May 2nd, 2023

In only the first three months since Voluntary Assisted Dying came into law in Queensland, 490 medical practitioners have sought to become authorised VAD providers.

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Big growth in death choices without residency requirements f

Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity Act, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Oregon law, right to die on Apr 23rd, 2023

The nonprofit group which runs Oregon’s right-to-die law, ELCOR, experienced growth across all services in 2022. Nearly 1,700 phone and email requests for information and services were received, a 31% increase from 2021. Because the residency requirement was discontinued in May 2022, EOLCOR’s out-of-state requests increased by 545%, from 33 to 213. Oregon was the […]

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Better prospects in France

Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Dutch euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, physician-assisted suicide, Switzerland on Apr 17th, 2023

President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday 0417/23 France must improve the availability of palliative care and there would be a draft bill by the end of the summer on whether some form of assisted dying should be allowed

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Classic book on the right to choose to die

Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Jean's Way, Publications/InternetMedia, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Apr 11th, 2023

“Jean’s Way” book on Kindle This is the cult classic “Jean’s Way” by Derek Humphry, first published in l978. It outlines the story of a woman suffering from incurable cancer who at the end, rather than endure more, she took her life. This book has been one of the most significant books of the right-to-die […]

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Classic book now on Kindle

Posted in Assisted Suicide on Apr 10th, 2023

“Jean’s Way” book on Kindle This is the cult classic “Jean’s Way” by Derek Humphry, first published in l978. It outlines the story of a woman suffering from incurable cancer who at the end, rather than endure more, she took her life. This book has been one of the most significant books of the right-to-die […]

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