Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Nov 19th, 2011
RIGHT-TO-DIE PROGRESS IN THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURY Various forms of medically assisted dying and/or assisted suicide for the terminally or hopelessly ill competent adult have been approved by 2011 in the following eleven states and nations. Each has its own rules and guidelines. All but Switzerland and Colombia forbid foreigners coming for this type […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Nov 19th, 2010
A maker of Darvon and Darvocet has agreed to take the products off the market because the drugs increase the risk for serious abnormal heart rhythms, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced. Darvon, which contains the active ingredient propoxyphene, has been on the U.S. market for more than 50 years and was developed by […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Final Exit, Living Will, People in the News, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations on Dec 11th, 2009
It is not an attempt to start any kind of “organization†or to solicit any money for any reason. “It’s just a personal conviction of ours,” McKay said. We paid for it out of our own pockets.â€
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Living Will, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Nov 18th, 2009
Time was when right-to-die groups were looked to for help exclusively by terminally ill, and sometimes hopelessly ill, persons. But nowadays with our greater public visibility, credibility and legislative progress, many mentally ill persons are approaching us expecting positive help.
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Jan 20th, 2008
On January 9, former Governor Booth Gardner filed the Washington State Death with Dignity Initiative with the Secretary of State. It is a replica of the successful and court-tested Oregon law. Joining Governor Gardner were Washington nurses, physicians, clergy, patient advocates, and family members who have faced difficult end-of-life decisions. Compassion & Choices (national), Compassion […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Jan 19th, 2008
The 2008 conference of the World Federation of Right-to-Die Societies will be held in Paris from Oct 30 thru November 2 at the Hotel Concorde-Lafayette. More details will be announced here as we hear them from ADMD-France, the hosts. Literature at http://www.finalexit.org/ergo-store ————————–
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