Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, GLADD, Hemlock, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Jun 28th, 2011
LETTERS IN AN EDITOR’S MAILBAG Published in the Eugene Register-Guard, Oregon, Jun 28, 2011 Right-to-die is gaining ground The Oregon Legislature has taken a backhoe to crush a hen’s egg in the case of the helium hood kits for sale. Dozens of Oregonians have already stocked up with their kits. What the legislators, the FBI […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, GLADD, Hemlock, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News on Jun 18th, 2011
NO HELIUM HOOD KITS MAY BE SOLD TO OREGON — GLADD CLOSED DOWN – AT LEAST TEMPORARILY The Oregon Senate voted unanimously for the second time Thursday to adopt SB 376, which outlaws the selling of “any substance or object, that is capable of causing death†to another person with the expectation that it will […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Dead, death, Derek Humphry, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Jun 15th, 2011
RE POLICE VISITS TO PERSONS WHO WERE CUSTOMERS OF GLADD The purpose of the police or sheriff making ‘wellness visits’ is to find out if a person has taken their life, or intending to. Such visits are lawful under US health laws; they are not criminal inquiries because suicide is not a crime. A person […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, People in the News, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Jun 13th, 2011
The FBI is asking police throughout America to check up on people who have recently ordered helium hood kits from GLADD in southern California, run by Sharlotte Hydorn. So far we know of six cases. These are what the cops call ‘wellness checks’ — actually to see if the person has [or about to] kill […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Jun 12th, 2011
ALERT – a stranger at your door? If you purchased or ordered a helium hood kit from the GLADD Group in southern California, it is possible that police will call to check up on you shortly. Local police, under FBI direction, have already visited two women (in Hillsboro, Oregon, and in Los Angeles) and questioned […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Books, Dead, death, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Jun 8th, 2011
From Derek Humphry (journalist & author) Important alert re GLADD For those who might have missed it, GLADD Group no longer can supply a helium hood kit. An FBI raid on 25 May 2011 shut the operation in Southern California down, seizing all documentation, orders, checks, materials, hard-drive and the sewing machine. FBI agents also […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Politics/Law, right to die, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on May 15th, 2011
Residents in Zurich were asked on Sunday 04.15.11 to decide whether assisted suicide should be banned, either for Swiss nationals or non-residents. Some 85% of the 278,000 votes cast opposed the ban on assisted suicide and 78% opposed outlawing it for foreigners, Zurich authorities said. This referendum was in Zurich only, but is likely to […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, People in the News, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on May 10th, 2011
The Oregon state Senate made it a felony Monday for companies to sell suicide kits to Oregonians. The vote was unanimous. The bill now heads to the House. Senator Floyd Prozanski says people charged under this law could be brought to Oregon to face their charges. The bill was introduced after a 29-year-old Eugene man […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Suicide (rational) on Apr 27th, 2011
FOR THE RECORD Trial of the volunteers of the Final Exit Network in the USA A jury trial was held in Phoenix, Arizona during April 2011 concerning the death of Jana Van Voorhis, age 56, on April 12, 2007. She had chosen to die with the helium hood method with guides from the Final Exit […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations on Apr 21st, 2011
Final Exit Network doctor found not guilty A jury found the medical director of Final Exit Network, a national right-to-die group, innocent of conspiring to assist in a suicide, but could not reach a verdict as to one of the organization’s “exit guides.†The Maricopa County Superior Court jury deliberated from Tuesday through Thursday before […]
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