Weblog of Derek Humphry, founder of the Hemlock Society & author of Final Exit, serving the rights of competent, terminally ill adults for 30 years
Posted in Euthanasia, Final Exit Network, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Aug 14th, 2015
The Summer 2015 edition of the newsletter of the Final Exit Network is now available at these two sites: Click to access FEN_Sum_2015.pdf http://flash-pub.com/pub/ebooks/e3a29f2454/index.php
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Oregon law, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News on Aug 12th, 2015
The New Mexico Court of Appeals has struck down a prior Bernalillo County District Court ruling that essentially allowed assisted suicide in the state. In a split decision, a majority of the court concluded “that aid in dying is not a fundamental liberty interest under the New Mexico Constitution.†A District Court judge previously ruled […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Oregon law, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations on Jul 8th, 2015
California lawmakers on Tuesday dropped efforts to allow terminally ill patients to legally end their lives. The authors of the legislation that would allow doctors to prescribe life-ending drugs did not have enough support to get it through committees amid fierce religious opposition. Sponsors vowed to continue the fight. Aid-in-dying advocates had said they would […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, Final Exit, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Jun 12th, 2015
The next World Federation of Right to Die Societies Congress will take place from 11 – 14 May 2016 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.The conference will be hosted by NVVE, the Dutch right-to-die society. The conference title is “Euthanasia 2016 – Professional challenges.” Visit the special website for regularly updated, further information: www.euthanasia2016.org
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Final Exit, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News on Jun 9th, 2015
Germany’s Bundestag has been presented with two draft bills aimed at expanding suicide help for patients with no hope of recovery. The right to die has been a hotly debated topic across Europe in recent years. Germany inched ever closer to joining its neighbor Belgium in allowing active assisted suicide on Tuesday as two new […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death on May 30th, 2015
World euthanasia conference in Amsterdam in May next year The international euthanasia conference, Euthanasia 2016 will take place on May 11-14, 2016, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The World Federation of Right to Die Societies has requested the NVVE to organize this biennial international conference. Hosting the conference means the opportunity for the NVVE to share […]
Posted in Euthanasia, Final Exit, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on May 28th, 2015
There are still helium tanks in some stores which are pure helium. Do not buy for self-deliverance (only balloon inflation) tanks which are marked HELIUM/AIR. For instance, a supporter tells me that there are approximately 15 tanks of 100% helium at the below location, for those in need in the Philadelphia and suburban areas: PARTY […]
Posted in Derek Humphry, Final Exit, Nembutal, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death on May 23rd, 2015
A survey on internet drugs by Derek Humphry We need to know what is the value of ordering drugs on the internet intended for personal self-deliverance from a present or future terminal or hopeless illness. Reports are coming to me of scams but there must also be success stories. We need a balanced assessment of […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death on May 16th, 2015
Press release from the Final Exit Network Minnesota Case: Final Exit Network Found Guilty Of a Crime For Showing Compassion HASTINGS, Minnesota, May 14 — A 12-member jury found Final Exit Network, Inc. guilty of “assisting†in a “suicide†and interfering with the scene of a death so as to “mislead†the coroner. A five-woman, […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit Network, Oregon law, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations on Apr 17th, 2015
More than a dozen states, plus the District of Columbia, are considering physician-assisted dying legislation this year. The laws would allow mentally fit, terminally ill patients age 18 and older, whose doctors say they have six months or less to live, to request lethal drugs. The prescribing doctors need not be present when the fatal […]
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