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Good Life, Good Death (eBook PDF) Memoir of how a writer became an euthanasia advocate by Derek Humphry Founder of the Hemlock Society (1980-2003) Author of Final Exit NEW! Published May 21, 2008 $12.00 (PDF eBook) • 2008 Not available in paperback 321 pages • 19 chapters with photos http://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store ISBN 978-0-9768283-3-4 Born in England, […]

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Re tv program “Reverend Death” on Channel 4, UK, tonight Monday, May 19, at 10 pm Two clips from the film are already on the Channel 4 web site: http://www.channel4.com/video/reverend-death/series-1/. The video is best seen with Internet Explorer Clip #2 tells how Exoo and Thomas were going to become “assisted suicidemartyrs” if they felt they […]

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Chronology of Right-to-Die Events During the 20th Century and into the Millenium, 1906 – 2008 This chronology has been revised and updated and well worth a look, and a bookmark, for future reference. Visit http://www.finalexit.org/more.html —

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(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – The majority of people in Mexico favour the basic principle of euthanasia, according to a poll by Parametría. 59 per cent of respondents think doctors should have the legal right to end the life of a person suffering from an incurable illness upon a request by the patient and his […]

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CLARIFICATIONS Helping the Washington State initiative planned for this November……………… The aim is to introduce a law by citizens’ ballot initiative similar to Oregon’s ten year old physician-assisted dying law. The PAC running the campaign (formerly called It’s My Decision) is now called Yes! on I-1000, www.yeson1000.org Running the campaign is a coalition of right […]

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The ultimate \’how-to\’ guide book Available at www.finalexit.org/ergo store In paperback or digital download

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Hillary Clinton told the editorial board of the Eugene Register-Guard Q: What’s your attitude toward Oregon’s assisted suicide law? A: I believe it’s within the province of the states to make that decision. I commend Oregon on this count, as well, because whether I agree with it or not or think it’s a good idea […]

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The simultaneous deaths of the writer Hugo Claus in Belgium and Chantal Sébire in France are a demonstration that our goal is not the choice between life and death,but between 2 different ways of dying. Hugo Claus was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and decided to leave on his own terms at the moment he chose and […]

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This week “Jean’s Way” appeared bookstores in Turkey in a translation. Next month it will also appear in Mexico for the first time. It tells the story of my assisted suicide of my first wife, Jean, who had late-stage terminal cancer. Starting in London, this month ‘Jean’s Way’ has been in continuous print in English […]

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Press Release: New Zealand Veterinary Association Supply of euthanasia drug professional suicide, says Veterinary Association president Dr Philip Nitschke’s suggestion that a person could obtain a dangerous narcotic for human euthanasia from a veterinarian is a slur on the integrity and professionalism of veterinarians, says NZ Veterinary Association president John Maclachlan. “It is both illegal […]

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