Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, People in the News, Politics/Law, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Feb 28th, 2009
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS reported 27 Feb 09: ATLANTA (AP) — Members of an assisted suicide ring say they’ve done nothing wrong and seem eager for a court battle over criminal charges they helped a Georgia man kill himself, while their supporters are using the case as a rallying cry for more debate about end-of-life issues. […]
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The Manchester Evening News UK reported on 16 Feb 09: Coroner calls for ban on suicide manual Exclusive: John Scheerhout and Stan Miller A CORONER has called for a ban a suicide manual used by a Manchester club boss to kill himself. Nigel Meadows has written to the Home Secretary expressing concern about the book. […]
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The controversy over the right to die of Eluana Englaro is really a battle over religious beliefs and secondarily about the law of Italy. This case is being used as a football in a struggle for moral power by the Vatican over the rules of life and death. All over the world, people nowadays want […]
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For me, one of the most remarkable sentences in Barack Obama’s splendid inauguration speech on 20 Jan 09 was this: “For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus – and non-believers.” It is the first time I’ve ever noticed […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, Film/TV/Radio, Final Exit, Mercy Killing, People in the News, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Dec 13th, 2008
Take a look at this elegant web site by French choice-in-dying activist Jacqueline Jencquel, which is full — in two languages — of news, plus sharp pictures which load quickly. http://www.jacquelinejencquel.com —Derek Humphry 12/13/08
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Mercy Killing, People in the News, right to die, RTD News, Suicide (rational) on Dec 12th, 2008
It is interesting to note that two of the most influential voices in British publishing have — in editorials — demanded that something be done about the archaic laws on assisted suicide prevailing in Britain: THE TIMES and the ECONOMIST have now spoken out; perhaps others will follow. It chanced that I first raised the issue of […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Final Exit, People in the News, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Oct 18th, 2008
The story of the last few days around the young English rugby player who was paralysed after a game accident, and later chose assisted suicide in Switzerland, reminded me of a haunting experience I had in 1980. When I was at the world euthanasia conference in Oxford, UK, a young man in a wheelchair approached […]
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ALAN JOHNSON Sad to report the death on 15 September 2008 at the age of 94 of a Hemlock Society stalwart Alan Johnson, EDd. He founded the Hemlock Society chapter in Palm Springs, California, and kept it active for many years. Alan also served on the boards of the Hemlock Society USA in the 1980s […]
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A lengthy legal battle in Italy is set to continue for a man campaigning to remove life support from his daughter who has been in a coma for 16 years. State prosecutors in Milan have sought an in junction against a July 9 ruling by an appeals court in the city allowing for the removal […]
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Dr Iain Kerr, a family doctor in Glasgow, UK, was found guilty of misconduct after prescribing the pills to an elderly patient with osteoporosis, who went on kill herself using other drugs. On July 24, 2008 the General Medical Council (GMC) suspended the 61-year-old from practising medicine for six months after a two-week hearing in […]
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