Three American organizations which were once chapters of the Hemlock Society USA (1980-2003) have chosen to separate from their new parent organization, Compassion and Choices, and revert to their original names. The Hemlock Society of San Diego, Hemlock of Illinois and the Hemlock Society of Florida Inc., have also elected to operate in the future […]
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A French woman who suffered from a debilitating disease took her life in Spain with the aid of a pro-euthanasia group. The Spanish daily El Pais reported how Madeleine Z., 69, was helped by members of the Association for the Right to a Dignified Death. Madeleine, who suffered from the incurable lateral amiotrophic sclerosis, gave […]
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There is also Ex-International Those attending the Toronto conference of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies last September were interested to hear from Dr Elke Baezner that there is yet another organisation in Switzerland devoted to helping the dying. This is Ex-International, which operates in much the same way as Dignitas but very […]
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SHOULD PEOPLE HAVE THE CHOICE TO END THEIR LIVES? “End of Life: Exploring Death in America.” Developed in conjunction with a series produced by National Public Radio. This web site contains an extraordinary range of material about dying and death, including stories submitted by ordinary people about experiences with their own life-threatening illnesses as well […]
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DHARWAD, India: The recent demise of Vishwaaradhya Siddalingaiah Hiremath (77) who is said to have died of his own accord here, has triggered a debate as to whether self- willed-death could be considered as another form of euthanasia in order to circumvent legal hassles or a glorification of natural death. According to Hiremath’s family sources, […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Publications/InternetMedia, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational), Uncategorized on Dec 25th, 2006
A BOOK that gives detailed advice on suicide, including a recipe for cyanide, has been cleared for publication in Australia. Author Dr Philip Nitschke has now ordered a print run in Australia after the Office of Film and Literature Classification’s board voted to allow the book to be sold in book stores wrapped in plastic […]
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At 11 am Pacific time, 24 December 2006, the paperback 3rd edition of ‘Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying” by Derek Humphry stood in the Amazon.com sales ranking at # 5,573 out of two million titles on sale through that source. It has been on sale since l991, when […]
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Italy’s Roman Catholic Church has denied the right to a religious funeral to a terminally ill man whose fight to die sparked a fierce euthanasia debate. Piergiorgio Welby died in Rome on Wednesday when a doctor turned off his life support machine at his request. Church officials said they could not grant the request of […]
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About Piergiorgio WELBY Piergiorgio WELBY, an Italian citizen suffering from muscular dystrophy, has taken upon himself to open the public debate on an individual’s right to choose the time of his/her death. He mustered his very last resources to defend this right which ought to be a prerogative of any person afflicted with an incurable […]
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The Nov/Dec 2006 issue of ‘Deliverance’, the newsletter of Exit International in Australia, leads off with the following report:- “First Peaceful Pill Assay Renders Results. “In October, the first chemical analysis results of the Peanut Project’s Peaceful Pill were obtained. The group had succeeded in producing significant quantities of barbiturates, the dominant component being Pentobarbital. […]
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