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 dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Film/TV/Radio, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, People in the News, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Apr 29th, 2009
Take a look at the interesting YouTube video by the Final Exit Network team athttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z1evoiPMHA
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, Suicide (rational) on Apr 22nd, 2009
Two-thirds of nurses [in the UK] support the legalisation of assisted suicide, results of an Independent Nurse survey reveal. Of 108 nurses who responded to the survey, 64 per cent said they thought assisted suicide should be legalised. In addition, 67 per cent said that they thought that clinicians should be able to assist terminally […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia on Apr 4th, 2009
A 93-year-old Belgian woman has died after going on a 10-day hunger strike last month to force doctors to help her die, her family said.
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Blogroll, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Mar 23rd, 2009
Liberty and Death A manifesto concerning an individual’s right to choose to die In a spirit of compassion for all, this manifesto proclaims that every competent adult has the incontestable right to humankind’s ultimate civil and personal liberty –- the right to die in a manner and at a time of their own choosing. Whereas […]
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 […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, Suicide (rational) on Mar 17th, 2009
Luxembourg has become the third European Union country, after the Netherlands and Belgium, to decriminalise voluntary euthanasia. Terminally ill people will be able to have their lives ended after receiving the approval of two doctors and a panel of experts. Last year, Luxembourg became embroiled in a constitutional crisis when Grand Duke Henri refused to […]
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 […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Politics/Law, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Mar 11th, 2009
A Scottish woman starved and dehydrated herself to death to get around the law which bans euthanasia. The 75-year old with motor neurone disease received advice from a campaign group which supports terminally ill patients who want to end their lives. It has now reignited the debate on assisted suicide. Dr Libby Wilson, medical adviser […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, People in the News, Politics/Law, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Schiavo, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), Uncategorized on Mar 7th, 2009
“I am extremely concerned by the arrest of these people who are dedicated to supporting people’s right to a dignified death,†said Sonja Eggerickx, president of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU). “I met with one of the arrested men, Ted Goodwin, at the IHEU World Humanist Congress in Washington, DC, last summer. He […]
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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Weblog of Derek Humphry, founder of the Hemlock Society & author of Final Exit, serving the rights of competent, terminally ill adults for 30 years
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