Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Derek Humphry, Euthanasia, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Jun 26th, 2009
Dr. Peter Baumann (74) of Zurich has been sentenced to a 4 yr prison term for premeditated murder. This was reported in Swiss newspapers in recent days. Dr. Baumann’s case goes back to 2001 when he was charged with having abetted, aided and assisted in the suicide of a 47 yr old patient, who it […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on May 31st, 2009
Police in Middlebury, Connecticut, say the death of an elderly woman last year, which was originally ruled to be natural causes, could be connected to the Final Exit Network, a right-to-die organization. Police received a tip from police in Georgia that led investigators to obtain a search warrant for an Old Saybrook home where they […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, People in the News, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Self-Deliverance on May 15th, 2009
Police Use Totalitarian Tactics to Shut Down Non-Profit — press release May 15, 2009 PHOENIX, Ariz. – Three more senior citizen volunteers from Final Exit Network, Inc., an organization of right-to-die activists, have been indicted in a widening effort by a small handful of local authorities to shut down the nationwide not-for-profit corporation’s advocacy program. […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Final Exit Network, Politics/Law, right to die, RTD News, Suicide (rational) on Apr 22nd, 2009
Two-thirds of nurses [in the UK] support the legalisation of assisted suicide, results of an Independent Nurse survey reveal. Of 108 nurses who responded to the survey, 64 per cent said they thought assisted suicide should be legalised. In addition, 67 per cent said that they thought that clinicians should be able to assist terminally […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Blogroll, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Politics/Law, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Mar 23rd, 2009
Liberty and Death A manifesto concerning an individual’s right to choose to die In a spirit of compassion for all, this manifesto proclaims that every competent adult has the incontestable right to humankind’s ultimate civil and personal liberty –- the right to die in a manner and at a time of their own choosing. Whereas […]
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Luxembourg has become the third European Union country, after the Netherlands and Belgium, to decriminalise voluntary euthanasia. Terminally ill people will be able to have their lives ended after receiving the approval of two doctors and a panel of experts. Last year, Luxembourg became embroiled in a constitutional crisis when Grand Duke Henri refused to […]
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Statement by the Board of the Euthanasia Research and Guidance Organization (ERGO) ERGO is surprised and shocked by the arrests on 25 February 2009 of four members of the Final Exit Network for alleged assisted suicide. It is even more surprising that charges under the Rico laws for racketeering are involved. The Network is a […]
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Posted in Assisted dying, Assisted Suicide, Books, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Publications/InternetMedia, right to die, RTD News, RTD Organizations, Schiavo, Self-Deliverance on Jan 1st, 2009
Quote: ‘Knowing how to die well not only makes life more enjoyable but ensures that it is more endurable towards the inevitable end.’ —-Derek Humphry. Founder Hemlock Society USA, author ‘Final Exit’
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Hillary Clinton told the editorial board of the Eugene Register-Guard Q: What’s your attitude toward Oregon’s assisted suicide law? A: I believe it’s within the province of the states to make that decision. I commend Oregon on this count, as well, because whether I agree with it or not or think it’s a good idea […]
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Posted in Assisted Suicide, Dead, death, Euthanasia, Final Exit, Hemlock, Mercy Killing, People in the News, right to die, RTD News, Self-Deliverance, Suicide (rational) on Mar 27th, 2008
A severely disfigured French woman, found dead this month after a court rejected her request for euthanasia, took a lethal overdose of barbiturates, a prosecutor said on Thursday. Former schoolteacher Chantal Sebire, 52, suffered from a rare and incurable tumour which severely deformed her face and caused her to lose the sense of smell, taste […]
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