Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Suicide (rational) on Oct 15th, 2009
A judge has ruled that the state of Georgia must return funds seized from a group accused of helping a man end his life because it has taken too long to file a complaint against the organization. Forsyth County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey S. Bagley signed an order last week directing Georgia to return $330,000 […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Living Will, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Sep 26th, 2009
‘Final Exit’ was honored by the American Library Associations Top 100 List of Banned Books as one of the most frequently challenged books in America for 1990 – 1999. It came in at # 29. Ten years later, it remains on the list of most commonly-challenged books in the United States, according to the A […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Film/TV/Radio, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Living Will, Opinion Pieces, People in the News, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Aug 22nd, 2009
You can view a list of my books, from l972 through 2008, at this Amazon site: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B000AQ1V2K Also, my memoir “Good Life, Good Death” is now on Kindle or at the ERGO Bookstore
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You may care to look at my documents on the new internet publishing system called ‘Scribd’. A Living Will, history of Hemlock, student’s briefing, and so on. All free! Go to http://www.scribd.com/FinalExit —–Derek Humphry, Oregon
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Jun 14th, 2009
Defense fund started for the 7 workers of the Final Exit Network who were present when people took their lives to escape further suffering.
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, Final Exit, Opinion Pieces, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on May 7th, 2009
Some of us in America are fascinated by the British reaction to Dr. Philip Nitschke’s current tour of Britain. I write as a citizen of the UK and USA and a ‘right to die’ watcher for 30 years. The British public is fed up with its government’s refusal to modify the laws on assisted suicide. […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Mar 18th, 2009
Ted Goodwin, one of the four persons charged by Georgia police with assisting a suicide, told the Associated Press on 03.17.09: “We believe that it is the right of every mentally competent adult to determine whether he or she is suffering,” Goodwin said. “We do not believe this should be left to the physicians, church […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Mar 13th, 2009
For almost 30 years people in our movement have found themselves in trouble with legal authorities. Some have had prolonged court cases; a few have spent time in prison, most have been “busted” for their compassionate efforts to end suffering. Now, again, four of our volunteers have been arrested for providing support for a peaceful […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, People in the News, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Mar 4th, 2009
Defense fund for the GEORGia FOUR accused of assisting a suicide can be seen at www.finalexitlibertyfund.org
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, People in the News, Politics/Law, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Feb 28th, 2009
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS reported 27 Feb 09: ATLANTA (AP) — Members of an assisted suicide ring say they’ve done nothing wrong and seem eager for a court battle over criminal charges they helped a Georgia man kill himself, while their supporters are using the case as a rallying cry for more debate about end-of-life issues. […]
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