Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, exit bag, Final Exit, Living Will, Mexico, Nembutal, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Seconal, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Jan 27th, 2016
From today, there is an updated edition of Final Exit ebook to mark its 25 years in print. Final Exit ‘Digital Edition’ v.3.2 (eBook) The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying by Derek Humphry, founder of the Hemlock Society • v.3.2 – Revised 3rd edition / 25th Anniversary Edition • eBook PDF […]
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A San Francisco Superior Court judge Friday upheld the enforcement of California laws dating back 141 years barring physician-assisted suicide after hearing arguments in a lawsuit filed by several terminally ill patients. Several plaintiffs including Christy O’Donnell and her Bay Area doctor, Robert Brody, brought the San Francisco lawsuit asking that doctors be allowed to […]
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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
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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 […]
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Oregon Public Health Division reports: Oregon Death with Dignity Act 2014 As of February 2, 2015, prescriptions for lethal medications were written for 155 people during 2014 under the provisions of the DWDA, compared to 121 during 2013 At the time of this report, 105 people had died from ingesting the medications prescribed during 2014 […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News on Oct 3rd, 2014
Doctors in the Netherlands assisted 4,829 people to die in 2013, representing a 15% percent increase over 2012. The vast majority of cases involved patients suffering with cancer or unbearable pain, according to a report published by the five regional review committees. The report outlined how doctors working in 2013 performed the euthanasia procedure in […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, exit bag, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Sep 11th, 2014
World Leaders in Right to Die with Dignity Movement to Meet in Chicago Members of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies, comprising 52 organizations in 27 countries, will meet in Chicago September 17-21. Hosting is Final Exit Network, an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization serving members in the United States who are suffering from intolerable […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, exit bag, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, GLADD, Hemlock, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Aug 7th, 2014
Following raids by law enforcement in US and Canada on manufacturers, nobody now supplies the ready-made helium hood kit for self-deliverance from a terminal illness. (GLADD is gone.) But there is now a substitute in my pamphlet “How to make your own helium hood kit” which can be downloaded as an illustrated pdf at this […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Dignitas, Euthanasia, exit bag, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, physician-assisted suicide, RTD News on Jul 19th, 2014
The House of Lords [UK] was split on 07/18/14 over whether to back assisted dying, as supporters argued it would end the excruciating suffering of the terminally ill and opponents warned it was “a whisker away” from euthanasia. The assisted dying bill, proposed by the former lord chancellor Charles Falconer, would allow doctors to prescribe […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Events/Conferences, exit bag, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death on Jul 10th, 2014
World Federation of Right to Die Societies, 20th Conference Dignity . Control . Choice SEPTEMBER 17-21, 2014 See the new web page for the World Conference in Chicago: http://www.wfconf2014.com/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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