Posted in Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, People in the News, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Feb 27th, 2008
I’m the author of a new novel titled SOUVENIR, which is out now from Random House/Ballantine Books. My novel, which centers on a woman who has ALS, in not any kind of how-to, position on the matter of terminally ill individuals’ right to end their lives on their own terms. info at http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780345499684 My interest […]
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The question is often raised as to why Oregon is the only state in the USA to pass a law (Death With Dignity Act, 1994) allowing physician-assisted suicide for the terminally ill. Part of the answer lies in that fewer Oregonians go to church, and this is again confirmed. A study released Monday by the […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Suicide (rational) on Feb 19th, 2008
It is with a great pleasure that I inform you that today, February 19, 2008, that the Parliament of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has approved the bill Errr/Huss on de-criminalization of euthanasia. Now we can say that in the countries of Benelux (the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) do exist the right for patients to receive […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Feb 8th, 2008
Press Release: New Zealand Veterinary Association Supply of euthanasia drug professional suicide, says Veterinary Association president Dr Philip Nitschke’s suggestion that a person could obtain a dangerous narcotic for human euthanasia from a veterinarian is a slur on the integrity and professionalism of veterinarians, says NZ Veterinary Association president John Maclachlan. “It is both illegal […]
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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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The Dignitas clinic is in Forch, near Zurich, Switzerland, and therefore operates under Swiss law, which, since 1941, has permitted assisted suicide provided it is done for altruistic reasons. It can be doctor-assisted hastened death, or non-doctor. Assisted suicide for the mentally ill is legal but rare due to the difficulty in accurate diagnosis. It […]
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