Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Dignitas, Euthanasia, exit bag, Final Exit, People in the News, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death on Jul 9th, 2014
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne’s suicide pact has been extended to cover any life-threatening condition, as well as Alzheimer’s disease. “If I can’t live my life the way I’m living it now – and I don’t mean financially – then that’s it…[Switzerland],†he said. “If I can’t get up and go to the bathroom myself and […]
Read Full Post »
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, exit bag, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on May 28th, 2014
Exit in Switzerland has added “suicide due to old age” to their statutes at an annual general meeting held recently, allowing people suffering from psychological or physical problems associated with old age the choice to end their life. Assisted dying is legal in Switzerland and technically even a healthy young person could use such services. […]
Read Full Post »
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, exit bag, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Nembutal, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on May 23rd, 2014
Nembutal, the drug of choice for executing prisoners in many American states and for assisted suicide in Oregon and Washington state, has dried up because its European manufacturer, the Danish company Lundbeck, refuses to supply it for use in executions. This has had an unintended consequence: patients in Oregon who want physician-assisted suicide cannot get […]
Read Full Post »
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, exit bag, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Living Will, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Jan 15th, 2014
In New Mexico on January 13, 2014, a trial-court-level judge rendered a decision that a physician could not be prosecuted on a charge of assisting in a suicide because the right of a terminally ill patient to his or her doctor’s assistance in death is a fundamental right with which the state cannot interfere. But […]
Read Full Post »
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, exit bag, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Opinion Pieces, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Nov 3rd, 2013
The Arizona Daily Star carried this opinion article on November 3, 2013 (D H writes: I have never pushed, or even suggested, for assisted suicide for mentally troubled people, as this headline and article imply. Terminal or hopeless illness is my field. It is sufferers and journalists who constantly put the ‘mental’ question to me […]
Read Full Post »
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Dignitas, Euthanasia, exit bag, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Oct 31st, 2013
In Belgium, where euthanasia is now legal for people over the age of 18, the government is considering extending it to children — something that no other country has done. The same bill would offer the right to die to adults with early dementia. Advocates argue that euthanasia for children, with the consent of their […]
Read Full Post »
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, exit bag, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Sep 27th, 2013
The number of people opting to die by euthanasia [in the Netherlands] rose by 13% last year to 4,188, according to the five regional committees charged with ensuring the legal conditions for assisted suicide are met. Euthanasia requests have risen steadily since 2006 when 1,923 people applied for assisted suicide. Researchers have been unable to […]
Read Full Post »
Posted in Assisted dying, Books, death, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, exit bag, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Organ donation, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Sep 7th, 2013
In the current issue of THE HUMANIST magazine there is a fine article about a man with early stage Alzheimer’s taking his life with the guidance of the Final Exit Network. The End by: Nontheist Published in the September/October 2013 Humanist Extract: That final day had been a long time coming. John was a scientist—a […]
Read Full Post »
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Dignitas, Final Exit, Hemlock, Living Will, Opinion Pieces, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Aug 21st, 2013
The Mirror in London printed this article by Dr Irwin on 19 August 2013: Euthanasia: The right to die should be a matter of personal choice Retired GP Michael Irwin is patron of the British Humanist Association and coordinator of the Society for Old Age Rational Suicide (SOARS) ==== We are able to choose all […]
Read Full Post »
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, exit bag, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Mexico, Nembutal, Peru, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Jul 9th, 2013
BUYERS BEWARE It is a sad fact that some people urgently needing lethal medications to relieve their terminal suffering are being cheated by overseas dealers using the internet. I am currently getting more reports of fraud than successes. In particular, Thailand is infamous for its phony drug trade; even ordinary, domestic medications are often diluted. […]
Read Full Post »
