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 Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Dutch euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide on Jan 24th, 2017
Dutch euthanasia not for strangers Dutch law does not say one must be Dutch citizen. Where the core of the law implies a very good, intense relationship with the doctor that will comply with a request, it is considered to be practically impossible to travel to the Netherlands for one purpose (euthanasia) only. No doctor […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News on Jan 10th, 2017
The Washington Times reported 9 January 2017: Congress will move to block the District of Columbia’s new assisted suicide law, the chairman of the House committee that oversees the city’s government said Monday. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the Utah Republican who heads the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Capitol Hill takes the issue seriously and […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Hemlock, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-directed death, Suicide (rational) on Dec 28th, 2016
Pioneer Press, Letters to the Editor for December 27, 2016 APPEAL PENDING On Dec. 19, the Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of Final Exit Network for “speech†that enabled one of its members to commit suicide after suffering severe chronic pain for more than a decade. The “crime†was giving this person a […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Final Exit Network, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations on Dec 19th, 2016
——————————————————————————— STATEMENT FROM THE FINAL EXIT NETWORK In a legal case testing whether Final Exit Network is allowed to teach about self-deliverance, the Court of Appeals of Minnesota has upheld the volunteer group’s 2015 conviction for “assisting†in a “suicide.†Final Exit Network, Inc. — the corporation only, not any individual — was found guilty […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Colorado new law, Death With Dignity Act, physician-assisted suicide, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News on Dec 17th, 2016
The newest Death with Dignity law, the Colorado End of Life Options Act, went into effect 17 December 2016, after Governor Hickenlooper signed it into law. Colorado thus becomes the 5th state with an assisted dying statute. Qualified terminally ill Coloradans may now legally request and obtain medication to hasten their death.
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity Act, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News on Nov 17th, 2016
Broad Support for Medical Aid in Dying in MN Poll Results Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research (Sept. 2016) A new survey among likely voters in Minnesota finds broad and deep support for medical aid in dying. In principle, Minnesotans believe medical aid in dying should be a legal option for terminally ill individuals by a margin […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Final Exit, Oregon law, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, Switzerland on Nov 10th, 2016
Colorado passed a medical aid in dying measure 11/08/16 that will allow adults suffering from terminal illness to take life-ending, doctor-prescribed sleeping medication. The ballot initiative passed overwhelmingly, by a two-thirds, one-third split, according to unofficial returns. Supporters claimed victory an hour after polls closed in Colorado. There are now five states which have passed […]
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, Derek Humphry, Final Exit, Hemlock, right to die on Nov 2nd, 2016
Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Final Exit, Living Will, Oregon law, physician-assisted suicide, right to die, RTD News on Nov 1st, 2016
Washington D.C. Council on Tuesday gave initial approval to legislation that would allow physicians to prescribe fatal drugs to terminally ill residents in the city, making the District the sixth jurisdiction nationwide to allow the practice. It is the first predominantly black community to legalize so-called “death with dignity,†overcoming objections from some African American […]
Posted in Final Exit, Self-Deliverance, Self-directed death, Switzerland on Sep 30th, 2016
This email reached ERGO today: Thank you very much for your message and resources. My dad was tremendously suffering (ALS, Leukemia, Diabetes, Arthritis, and other health issues) and due to no physician-assisted suicide in Minnesota, he shared that he needed to take things into his own hands before he got so weak and incapacitated that […]
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