Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, People in the News, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Aug 24th, 2015
Statement by Final Exit Network: HASTINGS, Minnesota, August 24, 2015 — Final Exit Network was sentenced to pay a $30,000 fine today for “assisting in a suicide†in connection with the 2007 self-deliverance of a member. Judge Christian Wilton sentenced the organization to the maximum fine. Final Exit Network was convicted on May 14 of […]
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An attempt to overturn the UK law on assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia by appealing to the European Court of Human Rights has failed. The Strasbourg court has rejected as inadmissable applications by Jane Nicklinson, whose husband Tony suffered from locked-in syndrome, and Paul Lamb, who was paralysed following a car crash. Lawyers for both […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Final Exit Network, People in the News, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Suicide (rational) on Jul 9th, 2015
A Baltimore Circuit Court judge denied Dr.Lawrence Egbert’s request to reinstate his medical license Thursday, but not before expressing some sympathy for the right-to-die advocate linked to six deaths in Maryland. Judge Marcus Z. Shar explained to Egbert, who represented himself in court, that his powers to review the case were limited. After finding that […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death on May 16th, 2015
Press release from the Final Exit Network Minnesota Case: Final Exit Network Found Guilty Of a Crime For Showing Compassion HASTINGS, Minnesota, May 14 — A 12-member jury found Final Exit Network, Inc. guilty of “assisting†in a “suicide†and interfering with the scene of a death so as to “mislead†the coroner. A five-woman, […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, People in the News, right to die, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Apr 28th, 2015
HASTINGS, Minnesota, April 27, 2015 — The long-awaited trial of Final Exit Network and four of its volunteer Exit Guides has been whittled down to a trial of only the corporation, Final Exit Network, Inc., and none of the Exit Guides. In 2013 the trial court dismissed all the charges against one of the defendants, […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Oregon law, People in the News, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Mar 29th, 2015
TWO WOMEN PIONEERS MAKING THE DIFFERENCE Forty years ago today Jean Humphry used physician-assisted suicide to end her life at age 42. She was in an advanced stage of cancer metastasized from breast cancer two years earlier. She fought to live, had three chemotherapies, and good pain control from caring doctors. A few months earlier, […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, People in the News, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Mar 25th, 2015
The San Jose Mercury News reported 25 March 2015: Right-to-die group offers aid, in secret, as California legislation is debated By Lisa M. Krieger As legislators prepare to debate a “right to die” bill in the state Capitol, volunteers are already helping suffering people end their lives — surreptitiously, without authorization or official oversight — […]
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The writer and photographer Richard N. Cote died at home in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, on February 10 at the age of 69. Dick — as he was known to everybody — was in good general health. He fell down the stairs and suffered massive head trauma. Pronounced brain dead with no hope of recovery, […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, People in the News, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Suicide (rational) on Jan 13th, 2015
There is an interesting (and lengthy) book review by Marcia Angell in the New York Review of Books, January 8, 2015, issue and it is well worth reading. Here is a small extract: “There is no doubt in my mind that hospice is the best option for helping dying patients during their last months, but […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, exit bag, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, People in the News, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD Organizations, Suicide (rational) on Dec 31st, 2014
Dr Lawrence D. Egbert, 87, has lost the Maryland medical license he had held for more than 60 years after a disciplinary panel for the Maryland Board of Physicians found that he had engaged in “unprofessional conduct†while working as the medical director for the Final Exit Network, which offers aid to people “who are […]
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