Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Oregon law, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death on Jan 11th, 2016
There is a fine and thoughtful cover article in the current February edition of the magazine MOTHER JONES. MY RIGHT TO DIE: Assisted suicide, My family, and Me by Kevin Drum It is now on bookstalls and at this web site http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/01/assisted-suicide-legalization-california-kevin-drum But it has one disappointing flaw in the last six paragraphs. Writer Drum […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Nembutal, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Seconal, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Jan 5th, 2016
January 2016 marks the 25th anniversary of the publication of the guide book “Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying”. When first written, no publisher in the world would consider it, so I self-published it. In late l991 it hit the New York Times bestseller list and remained there for […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, People in the News, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Dec 21st, 2015
Press release from the Final Exit Network Dear Fellow Right-to-Die Supporters: Books have the power to encourage and advance change. But only rarely does a book, by itself, establish a new civil liberty and start a movement to achieve it. Such a book is Derek Humphry’s Final Exit. The notion that people had a right […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Nov 7th, 2015
The Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization (ERGO) asks for your help only once a year Please consider making an end-of-year donation to ERGO for the upkeep of its news digest, its two web sites and blog. ERGO advises news media, does broadcasts, and talks daily with persons about their choice in dying problems. ERGO has […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Oregon law, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News on Oct 5th, 2015
Terminally ill Californians can now exercise their right to die with dignity. On Monday, Governor Jerry Brown signed the End of Life Option Act into law, just a few weeks after the state Assembly and Senate approved the bill in a special session. California is the fifth U.S. state to authorize aid in dying — […]
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Terminally ill persons and their families should be keenly aware that purchasing drugs for self-deliverance (chosen death) over the internet is full of fraud. There are at least 17 known scammers in this field, and (regrettably) no known honest ones. The usual loss is $500. Buyers beware! See alternatives.
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News on Sep 11th, 2015
In a landmark victory for supporters of assisted suicide, the California State Legislature on Friday gave final approval to a bill that would allow doctors to help terminally ill people end their own lives. Four states — Oregon, Washington, Montana and Vermont — already allow physicians to prescribe life-ending medication to some patients. The California […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Oregon law, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News on Sep 11th, 2015
The rejection by the London Parliament (11 Sept.2015) of another assisted dying bill by a vote of 330-118 is, by my count, the twelfth time this body has considered a choice in dying reform law. The first attempt was back in l936. All have been firmly voted down. That seven other states or nations have […]
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UPDATE After Sunday’s story on this page of terminally ill patient Bruce Endicott of Eugene being charged $3,068.O1 for a doctor prescription for one hundred 100mg Seconal tablets, the Trillium Community Healthplan in Oregon met the full charge and Mr.Endicott now has his prescription. If and when he chooses to end his life under the […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Nembutal, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News on Sep 5th, 2015
Life-ending peaceful drugs cost up to $20,000 Terminally ill patients wanting a peaceful death in Oregon and Washington are being charged between $3,000 and $20,000 a time for the barbiturate lethal drugs which doctors are permitted to prescribe under the Death With Dignity Acts. Health insurance companies are refusing to pay these exorbitant sums, leaving […]
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