Luxembourg has become the third European Union country, after the Netherlands and Belgium, to decriminalise voluntary euthanasia. Terminally ill people will be able to have their lives ended after receiving the approval of two doctors and a panel of experts. Last year, Luxembourg became embroiled in a constitutional crisis when Grand Duke Henri refused to […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Mar 13th, 2009
For almost 30 years people in our movement have found themselves in trouble with legal authorities. Some have had prolonged court cases; a few have spent time in prison, most have been “busted” for their compassionate efforts to end suffering. Now, again, four of our volunteers have been arrested for providing support for a peaceful […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Politics/Law, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Mar 11th, 2009
A Scottish woman starved and dehydrated herself to death to get around the law which bans euthanasia. The 75-year old with motor neurone disease received advice from a campaign group which supports terminally ill patients who want to end their lives. It has now reignited the debate on assisted suicide. Dr Libby Wilson, medical adviser […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, People in the News, Politics/Law, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Schiavo, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), Uncategorized on Mar 7th, 2009
“I am extremely concerned by the arrest of these people who are dedicated to supporting people’s right to a dignified death,†said Sonja Eggerickx, president of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU). “I met with one of the arrested men, Ted Goodwin, at the IHEU World Humanist Congress in Washington, DC, last summer. He […]
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A British couple who were both suffering from terminal cancer have died at a voluntary euthanasia clinic in Switzerland. Peter and Penelope Duff, from Bath, ended their lives at the Dignitas clinic in Zurich last Friday. Their daughter Helena Conibear said her father, who was 80, and her mother, who was 70, had “passed away […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, People in the News, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Mar 4th, 2009
Defense fund for the GEORGia FOUR accused of assisting a suicide can be seen at www.finalexitlibertyfund.org
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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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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, Books, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Jan 2nd, 2009
Information for terminally ill or hopelessly physically ill, competent adults ‘Last Rights Publications’ in Canada went out of business, just after Final Exit 3rd edition was published. So ignore the information In Final Exit paperback page 140 about where to purchase the helium hood kit. (This out-of-date info is not in the April 2010 edition […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Schiavo, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Dec 19th, 2008
The Adelaide Advertiser in Australia reported that a euthanasia method using a readily available gas was launched at a workshop in its city. More than 80 people – mostly elderly – gathered at Fullerton Community Centre as Dr Philip Nitschke outlined methods to enable a reliable and quick death. This newspaper article stopped short of […]
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