Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD Organizations, Suicide (rational), Switzerland on Mar 27th, 2022
Sisters Lila Ammouri 54, and Susan Frazier 49, from Arizona, US travelled to Basel Switzerland and died at the Pegasos clinic in Liestal on February 11, 2022. The sisters were members of Exit International, having joined the organization in October 2020. They subsequently joined Pegasos in March 2021. They sought information from Exit on ending their […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Oregon law, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News on Mar 16th, 2022
If interested in the debate over whether medical assisted dying should be extended beyond the only terminal adult, this long article in the Colorado Sun of 14 March is well worth reading: Denver doctor helped patients with severe anorexia obtain aid-in-dying medication, spurring national ethics debate A recent case study shocked psychiatrists across the country […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Death With Dignity Act, degerative illness, Derek Humphry, Dr. Kevorkian, Euthanasia, exit bag, Final Exit, Hemlock, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance on Feb 15th, 2022
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Dr. Kevorkian, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, right to die, Tutu on Dec 29th, 2021
Archbishop Tutu who died recently was a supporter of reform on medical assisted dying – but it’s not known to be the way in which his life ended. ………… Desmond Tutu has said he would like the option of ending his life through assisted dying as he called on politicians, lawmakers and religious leaders to […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, degerative illness, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Jean's Way, Living Will, physician-assisted suicide, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance on Dec 9th, 2021
Euthanasia Research and Guidance Organization (ERGO) Contacting ERGO and Derek Humphry — Email: ergo@finalexit.org Web: https://www.finalexit.org Bookstore: https://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store BLOG: www.assisted-dying.org YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheFinalExit Donations: https://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store (see contribute icon) Or mail to ERGO, 24829 Norris Lane, Junction City, Oregon 97448 USA
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Death With Dignity Act, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Opinion Pieces, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance on Dec 8th, 2021
Katie Engelhart’s new book “The Inevitable” was discussed on the radio recently. This is an extract: BROOKE GLADSTONE This is On the Media on WNYC Radio New on WNYC Radio New York on 3 December 2021: BROOKE GLADSTONE What do you think about books like ‘Final Exit: The of Self Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for […]
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