Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Oregon law, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations on Mar 29th, 2022
Oregon will no longer require people to be residents of the state to use its law allowing terminally ill people to receive lethal medication, after a lawsuit challenged the requirement as unconstitutional. In a settlement filed in U.S. District Court in Portland on 03/28/22, the Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Medical Board agreed […]
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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, Azheimer's, Books, Dementia, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, right to die, Switzerland on Feb 26th, 2022
ALZHEIMER’S — Ways to cope The hot-button issue of end of life choices available to a person with Alzheimer’s Disease or other form of dementia is coming up again in March with the publication of a new book and it’s preview in ‘People’ magazine. If you would like to brief yourself on the various relevant […]
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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 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, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Oregon law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Switzerland on Dec 20th, 2021
From the newsletter 20 December 2121 of the American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying The Academy’s Patient to Doctor Referral System (https://ACAMAID.us19) inaugurated in March 2020 to link patients with aid-in-dying experienced doctors, has now reached 300 patient requests and we’ve placed 100% of them with participating doctors. Sadly, 25 years after Oregon became […]
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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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