Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, degerative illness, Derek Humphry, Elder suicide, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Good Death, Jean's Way, Opinion Pieces, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Apr 25th, 2019
Do you want to leave after 90 years? Interesting argument developing in the UK (See report below.) This has also been a debate in the Netherlands. …….. On April 16 Michael Irwin gave a talk at the Cornerstone Centre, in Brighton and Hove, a city on the south coast of the UK, on – ‘When […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, Opinion Pieces, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Mar 31st, 2019
By Derek Humphry What’s in a word? Is saying ‘suicide’ as in ‘assisted suicide’ preferable, or is it better to use an euphemism like ‘assisted dying’? From the start in l980 we at the Hemlock Society always bluntly called the medical helping to die procedures ‘physician-assisted suicide’ and, when carried out alone, ‘self-deliverance’. We stressed […]
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Posted in Derek Humphry, exit bag, Final Exit, Living Will, Nembutal, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Feb 13th, 2019
Amazon.com ranking for “Final Exit’ on 02/13/2019 : Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1 in Books > Law > Health & Medical Law > Right to Die #1 in Books > Law > Estate Planning > Living Wills #41 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Sociology […]
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TARGETING VULNERABLE TEENAGERS Be advised that there are some web sites which are stealing bits of genuine information from reputed ‘right-to-die’ organizations (such as ERGO, Final Exit, Exit International, Exit Scotland) and telling teenagers — notably in the UK — how to commit suicide. Google is good about removing these offensives web sites once it […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Sep 3rd, 2018
The State of Oklahoma has decided in future to use the inert gas nitrogen for judicial executions of condemned prisoners. It has not yet done so (09/2018). The Attorney-General commissioned an inquiry into the effectiveness of nitrogen from three academics at East Central University. In a report covering 300 pages sent to the Oklahamo Department […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Death With Dignity Act, degerative illness, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Dutch euthanasia, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on May 17th, 2018
Looking for the FINAL EXIT NETWORK ? The Network offers education and exit guide services FREE to any member, no matter where they are located. Click here: www.finalexitnetwork.org The distinction: The F E Network took its name from Derek Humphry’s 1991 best-selling book ‘Final Exit’. Updatd 2018 edition obtainable at www.finalexit.org/ergo-store The two nonprofit organizations […]
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Posted in Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, People in the News, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Mar 7th, 2018
A great worker for a long time in the right-to-die movement, JIM CHASTAIN, brought his life to an end on his 92nd birthday. He wrote this note, which son emailed next day. Jim wrote: Quote: To paraphrase Bilbo Baggins – [Tolkien character] Today is my 92nd birthday. Alas, 92 is far too short a time […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Suicide (rational), Switzerland on Feb 13th, 2018
Interesting stats from Switzerland appear to show that suicide is mostly carried out by men, the majority of women use assisted suicide. Last year, some 10,078 new members joined the euthanasia organization Exit, the group announced. The number of actual assisted suicides went down slightly, whilst the average age of Exit members rose. At the […]
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Posted in Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Dutch euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Suicide (rational) on Oct 3rd, 2017
Associated Press reported 2 October 2017: SCOTUS Declines To Hear Minnesota Assisted Suicide Case MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the case of a national group convicted of assisting in the 2007 suicide of a Minnesota woman. The high court’s decision means the 2015 conviction will stand against Final Exit […]
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Posted in Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, Final Exit, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational), Switzerland on Jul 20th, 2017
Inaugural 2017 NuTech Prize It is with great pleasure that Exit International announces the establishment of a prize to be awarded to the most innovative use of technology to improve the means of providing a peaceful, elective and autonomous (DIY) death. The US$5000 prize will be awarded at the NuTech 2017 gathering in Toronto on […]
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