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Category Archive for 'Euthanasia'

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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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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Help with right-to-die research

Posted in Assisted dying, Dementia, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit Network, Living Will, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance on Apr 21st, 2023

Choices in dying — A Donation ? A modest donation to ERGO (nonprofit 501c3) would help with our research and guidance. (ERGO: Euthansia Research & Guidance Organization) See the donation icon at https://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store/contribute-to-ergo-c-68/contribute-to-ergo-p-192.html or mail check to ERGO, 24829 Norris Lane, Junction City, OR 97448 USA Thank you — Derek Humphry, President

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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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Brits look to Switzerland for assisted dying

Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, right to die, RTD Organizations on Mar 28th, 2023

There are now 1,528 British members of Dignitas in Switzerland who have signed up to use the organisation’s services – an all-time high. 33 Brits had an assisted death at Dignitas in 2022 – that’s a 44% increase from 2021, and the highest number since the pandemic. The London Parliament has repeatedly declined to pass […]

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Increase in medical assisted dying in Oregon

Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, physician-assisted suicide, RTD News on Mar 25th, 2023

In its 25th year since legalization, a record number of Oregonians choose Death with Dignity and opt for medical aid in dying as part of their end-of-life care In 1994, Oregon became the first state to legalize Death with Dignity, which was implemented in 1997. In the 25 years since, the state has experienced a […]

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