Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Opinion Pieces, People in the News, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News on Dec 10th, 2014
REITH LECTURE: AGING AND DYING I’ve known of (and heard some) of the prestigious BBC Reith Lectures since they began in l948. Therefore it was a surprise and pleasure on Tuesday night, on BBC world radio, to hear ASSISTED DYING freely discussed by Atul Gawande, American surgeon and author, who said he was in favor […]
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A state senator wants to make New York the fifth state to allow assisted suicide for the terminally ill. Democrat Brad Hoylman said his proposed law would permit doctors to prescribe lethal medication to terminally ill adults who want to take their own lives. In a memo seeking co-sponsors, Hoylman cited the case of Brittany […]
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Brittany Maynard took her life on the day she had predicted, Saturday, November 1, 2014. A brave person who faced up realistically to the tragedy in her life. Her story has had an impact. About 70 terminal residents every year in Oregon use this law to hasten their ends.
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, People in the News, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Sep 23rd, 2014
Gerald A. Larue dies at 98; former minister debunked biblical stories By Elaine Woo of the Los Angeles Times 09.22.14 Gerald A. Larue — an ordained minister who became an agnostic, archeologist, religious scholar and debunker of claims such as Lazarus rising from the dead and the discovery of Noah’s ark — has died. He […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Dignitas, Euthanasia, exit bag, Final Exit, People in the News, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death on Jul 9th, 2014
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne’s suicide pact has been extended to cover any life-threatening condition, as well as Alzheimer’s disease. “If I can’t live my life the way I’m living it now – and I don’t mean financially – then that’s it…[Switzerland],†he said. “If I can’t get up and go to the bathroom myself and […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, exit bag, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational), Uncategorized on Mar 21st, 2014
Press Release by the Final Exit Network 03.21.14 ST. PAUL, Minnesota – A Minnesota law that prohibits “advising, encouraging, or assisting” in a “suicide” is unconstitutional in violation of the First Amendment right to freedom of speech, the Supreme Court of Minnesota has ruled. In a 27-page opinion handed down on Wednesday, March 19, the […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Film/TV/Radio, Final Exit, People in the News, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Suicide (rational), Uncategorized on Jan 25th, 2014
Have a look at this short video about the German situation. Quite illuminating. A gutsy guy. Copy and paste in your browser: http://www.dw.de/the-question-of-euthanasia/av-17383986
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, exit bag, Final Exit, GLADD, Hemlock, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Dec 13th, 2013
From Faye Girsh: Sharlotte Hydorn died yesterday in her San Diego home, with hospice care, at age 94. Though I don’t know all the details, I wanted to pay her this tribute since she did so much to give people around the world the comfort and reassurance of a peaceful death by making and distributing […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, exit bag, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Opinion Pieces, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Nov 3rd, 2013
The Arizona Daily Star carried this opinion article on November 3, 2013 (D H writes: I have never pushed, or even suggested, for assisted suicide for mentally troubled people, as this headline and article imply. Terminal or hopeless illness is my field. It is sufferers and journalists who constantly put the ‘mental’ question to me […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Living Will, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance on Nov 1st, 2013
Canadians will be holding a rally at the legislature grounds in Victoria, BC this Saturday. The rally is sponsored by Dying with Dignity Canada and Choices in Dying Victoria.
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